David Copperfield

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

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

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.