When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called… — Steve Antin Copy Share Image
Burlesque is beautiful: It's art, it's fun, it's done with a lot of comedy - an awful lot of big wink-wink and… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets… — Martin Mull Copy Share Image
Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque. — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
My solo show, 'A Lot More Me,' is part drag show, part burlesque show, part circus show, and part fashion show. — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
I'm very much inspired by drag and burlesque. I love burlesque outfits because they're so dramatic and pretty and sparkly and intricate. — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I… — George Sidney Copy Share Image
When I was a kid at 16, sneaking into a burlesque theater in downtown Detroit was a big thrill. Today, in every… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
In the drag community it's mostly women in the audience, even for burlesque. I think people look at strippping as a male… — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world,… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
It was a great challenge to reconstruct Gypsy Rose Lee life, and my interviews with her sister [June Havoc] proved invaluable. It's… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
“What modern day burlesquer hasn't been influenced by Sally Rand? My own pink ostrich fans -designed by Catherine, naturally- were the largest… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
“The prosecutor uttered the party line that would distinguish revue from burlesque for the next thirty years. "The difference is movement. On… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
Burlesque thrived during the Great Depression, and by extension, so, too, did Gypsy [Rose Lee]. Men could no longer afford to pay… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I am not an educated person. I didn't come up through a ballet company. I came up through burlesque. So I have… — Bob Fosse Copy Share Image
I used to go-go dance and set G-strings on fire, stuff like that. I've changed my act a little now but it's… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your… — Carmen Electra Copy Share Image
I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it… — Steve Antin Copy Share Image
“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a… — Carol Strickland Copy Share Image
Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I'd done drag since I was 14, for special occasions, and in 2010 a friend of mine with her own burlesque group… — Conchita Wurst Copy Share Image
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