David Copperfield
David Copperfield
David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is often considered as his veiled autobiography. It was Dickens' favorite among his own novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth16 September 1956
CityMetuchen, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.
The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.
But Vegas is really my first home.
For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.
In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.
My dreams are my dress rehearsals for my future.
The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.
What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.
Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.
The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.
Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.
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.