David Copperfield Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• I see people's need to dream, people's need to escape - you see it! That's why people come to comedy shows, that's why they come to your movies ... We're so needed in this world. Not as much as medicine , but to dream for a while.

  David Copperfield

  Dream, Medicine, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates. Joe and Gil Cates were the Cates brothers. Gil produced the Oscars for many years. Joe produced a lot of comedy specials, Steve Martin specials, and he discovered me, this 18-year-old kid.

  David Copperfield

  Brother, Taken, Kids

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• [ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic."

  David Copperfield

  Drama, Views, Magic

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Later, when I was at Caesar's Palace, and [Joe and Gil Cates] were trying to get me to have opening acts for the show, they gave me a list of people, and Rosie O'Donnell was one of them. I said, "I don't really need any opening acts. I have funny stuff in the show, and I do a lot of comedy and stuff."

  David Copperfield

  People, Having Fun, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Like in comedy, you know the names of the people who steal things that others work really hard on. It really sucks. And, in magic, it's not just the hard work of getting the words and attitude and point of view right; you're taking an actual invention, making something over three or four years, and somebody can just take it.

  David Copperfield

  Attitude, Hard Work, Views

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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