My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there." David Copperfield More Quotes by David Copperfield More Quotes From David Copperfield 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 believe-in-yourself positivity mean The real secret of magic lies in the performance. David Copperfield magic real lying Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'. David Copperfield wish I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions. David Copperfield illusion method resources 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 kids people fall What you think is impossible in life actually is possible. David Copperfield impossible thinking 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 hard-work dream jobs 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 magic special moving Watching people react, watching people be inspired, be taken on a journey, forgetting their problems, looking ahead in their own lives to doing impossible things. That's kind of what drives me, gives me a sense of focus. David Copperfield impossible-things taken journey Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder. David Copperfield magic human-nature wonder I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear. David Copperfield waiting rain people The most important thing is presentation. David Copperfield presentation magic important I love what I'm doing, I love creating new things. David Copperfield creating-new-things new-things creating For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before. David Copperfield foundation grows knows 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 people moving 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 magic lying thinking To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career. David Copperfield sacrifice careers winning I got to watch Frank Capra, in his eighties, in action. You read all the stories about Frank Capra fighting with the head of Columbia, Harry Cohn, "It's my way or the highway." I got to watch that. He lambasted me, "You cannot do this. You will fail." Finally, after another hour of conversation, I convinced him to help me write the speech. David Copperfield fighting stories writing Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead. David Copperfield would-be dream letting-go We all possess the need to dream. David Copperfield dream needs
