Quotes from David Copperfield

For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.

There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

Magic really helped me.

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

To make [parents] happy, I went to Fordham University for three weeks, while at the same time running ads in Variety, "magician-actor David Copperfield."

I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move, and by the time I was 12, they really accepted me, they embraced me.

When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes.

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books

Magic is used in espionage, all the time, for clandestine things. I've got a whole library from a gentleman who was hired by the CIA to create magic technology for the use of anti-terrorism.

I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

I love what I'm doing, I love creating new things.

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

All my TV shows are done live in front of audiences, and all the material I take on the road and travel with them test them for hundreds and hundreds of shows before I shoot them for TV.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

You have to learn certain skills to present magic.

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.

I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.