There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as you dare to be bad."

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.

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

Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.

Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.

Later, when I was at Caesar's Palace, and [Joe and Gil Cates] were trying to get me to have opening acts for the show, they gave me a list of people, and Rosie O'Donnell was one of them. I said, "I don't really need any opening acts. I have funny stuff in the show, and I do a lot of comedy and stuff."

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."