I love burlesque. I'm a decent aerialist. I think I set myself apart visually. — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
This is going to cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show. — Foghorn Leghorn Copy Share Image
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
It's not what you do. It's the way you do it-stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do… — Gypsy Rose Lee Copy Share Image
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits -… — Dawn Powell 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
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
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
Objectivity is almost a choice you make. As a burlesque performer, I didn't choose to be objectified. — Esme Bianco Copy Share Image
The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
It was noted long ago that the front row of burlesque houses was occupied predominantly by bald-headed men. In fact, such a… — Harry S.N. Greene 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
There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
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'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
“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
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
I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
The history of all Magazines shows plainly that those which have attained celebrity were indebted for it to articles similar in natureto… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
What caricature is in painting, burlesque is in writing; and in the same manner the comic writer and painter correlate to each… — Henry Fielding 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
There have been a lot of roles and scripts that have come my way but nothing that really inspired me or intrigued… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
It just seemed fitting to have our own lounge with our own dance review that paid homage to where The Pussycat Dolls… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes… — Elia Suleiman 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
“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
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
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
“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
Bip is the romantic and burlesque hero for our time. Bip is a modern-day Don Quixote. — Marcel Marceau Copy Share Image
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque. — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
