David Copperfield Quotes

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• When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

  David Copperfield

  Mean, Positivity, Believe In Yourself

  FaceBook post by David Copperfield from May 28, 2012

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• The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

  David Copperfield

  Real, Lying, Magic

  "The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Coming Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments" by Charles Goyette, (Ch. 6), 2009.

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• Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

  David Copperfield

  Wish

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• I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.

  David Copperfield

  Encouraging, Dream, Motivation

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• It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

  David Copperfield

  Moving, Magic, Special

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• What you think is impossible in life actually is possible.

  David Copperfield

  Thinking, Impossible

  Source: www.bicyclecards.com

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• When I was a kid, people wanted to be an astronaut. Today, kids want to be famous, and that's totally the wrong approach. You have to have authenticity in what you're doing. You have to really care about the core message of what you're saying, and then everything else will fall into place.

  David Copperfield

  Fall, Kids, People

  "David Copperfield Talks NOW YOU SEE ME on Blu-ray/DVD, His Collaboration on the Film, Drawing Inspiration from Cinema, and Being a Good Showman". Interview with Christina Raddish, collider.com. September 8, 2013.

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• The most important thing is presentation.

  David Copperfield

  Magic, Important, Presentation

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• Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

  David Copperfield

  Magic, Wonder, Human Nature

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• My job is to make people dream. Of course, there's a lot of technical stuff behind the scenes and a lot of hard work behind it, but I get to watch people see the result of that hard work and feel that wonder and feel that discovery, all the time.

  David Copperfield

  Dream, Jobs, Hard Work

  "David Copperfield Talks NOW YOU SEE ME on Blu-ray/DVD, His Collaboration on the Film, Drawing Inspiration from Cinema, and Being a Good Showman". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 8, 2013.

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

  David Copperfield

  Dream, Moving, People

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• I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

  David Copperfield

  Rain, People, Waiting

  "Britney Spears' NYC restaurant opening" by Party Hopper, www.cnn.com. June 28, 2002.

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• Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician.

  David Copperfield

  Lying, Thinking, Magic

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• It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.

  David Copperfield

  Magic, Secret, Ethics

  "'King of Magic' Copperfield brings interactive show to PAC". Interview with Ryan Chartrand, mustangnews.net. February 27, 2007.

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• We all possess the need to dream.

  David Copperfield

  Dream, Needs

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• No, I think marriage is a great thing.

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  Thinking, Great Things

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

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  Foundation, Grows, Knows

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

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  Letting Go, Dream, Would Be

  "Photo gallery: David Copperfield begins record run; faces lawsuit". Interview with Robin Leach, www.lasvegasweekly.com. August 20, 2009.

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• For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories like that. I want to move people like that. But I'm good at magic, so what am I going to do?" So I started using magic for the right reasons - to get the girl.

  David Copperfield

  Girl, Moving, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  David Copperfield

  Creating, Creating New Things, New Things

  Source: www.bicyclecards.com

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• I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.

  David Copperfield

  Thinking, Negative, Reinforcement

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as you dare to be bad."

  David Copperfield

  Art, Dramatic, Brochures

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist.

  David Copperfield

  Art, Creating, Pages

  "David Copperfield Talks NOW YOU SEE ME on Blu-ray/DVD, His Collaboration on the Film, Drawing Inspiration from Cinema, and Being a Good Showman". Interview with Christina Raddish, collider.com. September 8, 2013.

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• I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.

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  Illusion, Resources, Method

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• From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a shame that a lot of magicians just rely on the trick itself and they have no other abilities. They get away with the wonder factor, and I don't think that's enough. It's great, but it's not enough.

  David Copperfield

  Thinking, Magic, Acting

  "David Copperfield Talks NOW YOU SEE ME on Blu-ray/DVD, His Collaboration on the Film, Drawing Inspiration from Cinema, and Being a Good Showman". Interview with Christina Raddish, collider.com. September 8, 2013.

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