Biographical Films

"Would you marry me?"

"Practical? No, of course not. Of course not. But then neither am I, Gillian. Neither am I. I'm not very practical at all."

"The stars, Gillian darling! Ask the stars!"

"Am I mad enough, professor? Am I?"

"Justin Braine - Tony"

"I'm shocked, stunned and amazed."

"In this world only the strong survive. The weak get crushed like insects."

"It's a tough game, isn't it Roger?"

"Kind of. I'm not really sure about anything."

"It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could ever play."

"Michelle Williams as Charity Barnum"

"Rebecca Ferguson as Jenny Lind"

"Zendaya as Anne Wheeler"

"Zac Efron as Phillip Carlyle"

"I've always wanted to go to the theater."

"Never had somebody look at you the way your parents looked at me. The way everyone would look at us."

"Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum"

"And life always manages to remind me that I don't deserve a place in this world."

"And that leaves a hole that no ovation can ever fill."

"Are we all invited?"

"I was born out of wedlock and that brought shame upon my family."

"I gave most of my earnings to charity, Mr. Barnum...to orphans and widows."

"I sometimes don't feel like I belong here."

"Mr. Barnum said he left a ticket for me."

"God, no. But I've seen the crowds. People leave your show happier than when they came in."

"Which is much more than I can say from my play."

"Who is that?"

"Yes, I do, indeed. Refunds are available at front box office."

"I don't know what my future will be."

"I wish...for happiness like this forever."

"I guess I'll just have to tell the queen either all of us go or none of us will…"

"For you and you...and for your father."

"Oh, I am counting on it."

"Yeah, we are going to change that name. I think you're Irish."

"It is hard to understand wealth and privilege when you're born to it."

"You don’t need everyone to love you. Just a few good people."

"They don't understand it, but they will."

"Father is sending me to finishing school."

"Sir I, I know I don't come from much but I will take care of your daughter and I will give her a life as grand as this one."

"No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else."

"The noblest art is that of making others happy."

"[singing] Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for/Been searching in the dark, your sweat soakin' through the floor/And buried in your bones there's an ache that you can't ignore/Taking your breath, stealing your mind/And all that was real is left behind..."

"Everyone is special, and nobody is like anyone else. That’s the point of my show."

"Hyperbole isn't the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much."

"Lee Morgan — Smitty"

"Joe Ainley — Gen. Hamilton"

"Fred Kohler Jr. — Kenton"

"Gordon Mills — John Holder"

"Claudio Brook — James Boone"

"Nancy Rodman — Susannah Boone"