David Copperfield

“My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.”

“Never stop listening to your audience.”

“It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.”

“It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.”

“The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.”

“Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.”

“I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.”

“Magic really helped me.”

“I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.”

“I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.”

“The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.”

“I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.”

“The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.”

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

“Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.”

“I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.”

“I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.”

“The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.”

“I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.”

“Marriage is like a formality for me.”