Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
You don’t need everyone to love you, Phin. Just a few good people! – Charity Barnum
[singing] When the sharpest words wanna cut me down/Gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out/This is brave, this is bruised, this is who I’m meant to be/This is me. – Lettie Lutz
Hyperbole isn’t the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much. – P.T. Barnum
You don’t get it, Barnum. It’s not about the money. Our own mothers were ashamed of us, they hid us our whole lives. – Lettie Lutz
They come to see you… *Your* crazy ideas, *your* new acts. The unusual… – Phillip Carlyle Well then how about you show them a smile? That’d be unusual. – P.T. Barnum
Trust me, they don’t know it yet, but they’re going to love you. – P.T. Barnum
You’re even smaller than I imagined! – Queen Victoria Well you’re not exactly reaching the top shelf yourself, sweetheart. – Tom Thumb
It is hard to understand wealth and privilege when you’re born to it. – Jenny Lind
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd. – P.T. Barnum
Everyone’s got an act. – Anne Wheeler
They’re small minded people. – Phillip Carlyle
I can’t just run off and join the circus. – Phillip Carlyle Why not? You clearly have a flair for show business. P.T. Barnum
My father was treated like dirt. I was treated like dirt. My children won’t be. – P.T. Barnum
Don’t start acting sensible now. – Lettie Lutz
How did you get out? – Young Barnum The window. – Young Charity