Top 23 Michael Carbonaro Quotes
#1. I say 'incantation' a lot, when what I really mean 'incarnation.' It's a programmed mistake.
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#2. People are really willing to believe in impossible things, which is really beautiful.
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#3. David Blaine, I think, was the first TV magician to really turn the camera around and make it about the spectator's experience. That's really what magic is all about.
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#4. Growing up, I loved magic, I loved acting, I loved comedy. I really didn't know what direction I was going. I was trying a whole bunch of stuff.
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#5. My goal is to get people to really believe that the impossible is real, and not that I'm responsible for it. I want them to believe that they're having the most unusual, magical and bizarre days of their lives.
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#7. Alan Funt was the first hidden-camera magician. It was the playful nature of the way he worked that really inspired me. A lot of prank shows and hidden-camera shows can be a little mean-spirited. Funt was never like that.
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#8. Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.
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#9. I don't want to be 'the magician'; I want to be an innocent bystander along with the magical moment.
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#10. I love acting on television and look forward to more roles, for sure. And I also love and need to perform live shows.
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#12. My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.
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#13. I'll order anything that has the word 'fig' or 'crusted' in the menu description.
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#15. I was certain when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a special effects artist or a make-up man. I loved that stuff and pursued it for quite some time, actually.
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#16. The goal is to really blur the line. Can you perform a magic trick in a way that someone doesn't think it's a magic trick but is something amazing they haven't seen before? Then they have to wrestle with reality.
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#18. I'm doing everything I can to take the magician out of the equation of magic.
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#19. I found that if I stack the moments correctly, people will believe in the most outrageous things.
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#20. When you're learning how to do magic, the first rule is 'never reveal a secret.' In a way, by telling someone I'm a magician, it kind of gives away the best secret of all ... How interesting to take the magician out of the equation of a magic show.
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#21. There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.
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#23. I went to NYU completely with the idea I wanted to be the next David Copperfield.
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