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." 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-yourselfpositivitymean The real secret of magic lies in the performance. David Copperfield magicreallying 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 illusionmethodresources 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 kidspeoplefall What you think is impossible in life actually is possible. David Copperfield impossiblethinking 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-workdreamjobs 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 magicspecialmoving 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-thingstakenjourney Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder. David Copperfield magichuman-naturewonder I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear. David Copperfield waitingrainpeople The most important thing is presentation. David Copperfield presentationmagicimportant I love what I'm doing, I love creating new things. David Copperfield creating-new-thingsnew-thingscreating For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before. David Copperfield foundationgrowsknows 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 girlpeoplemoving 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 magiclyingthinking 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 sacrificecareerswinning 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 fightingstorieswriting Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead. David Copperfield would-bedreamletting-go We all possess the need to dream. David Copperfield dreamneeds
