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David Copperfield Quotes

«No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.»
«I could make the whole of Manhattan disappear into that [Jennifer Lopez's] amazing butt.»
«The real secret of magic lies in the performance.»
«He encouraged me to make every illusion about my personal dreams and my personal nightmares. So I took that idea and made it about everyone else's dreams . . . It's very moving and very emotional.»
«It's a program that uses magic as a form of therapy for people with disabilities, where magic is taught to patients in hospitals to help them regain their dexterity and their coordination by learning sleight of hand, in addition to boosting the patient's self-esteem by giving them a skill that an able-bodied person doesn't even have.»
«The reaction was good until I wanted to make it a career. And they said, 'Well, maybe you shouldn't do that. They didn't know I could really make a living at this business. They were a little afraid. Because it was uncharted territory, really.»
«I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.»
«[?] How Does He Do That? ... Pan The Camera 45 Degrees.»
«Bull shit! There is a great deal of new territory to conquer. In my next show I'm going to make a girl pregnant on stage. Naturally it will be without sex. Everyone will be happy about it, but I'm not telling you any more.»
«I like dealing with parents whose children have been arrested for the first time, ... It's one of the few times that one can make a difference, so I try to make the experience so terrifying that they never want to come back.»