Circus Quote by Francesca Annis

I grew up very comfortable in this bizarre, circus-like existence, but, as comfortable as I was, I was also aware of the struggles that…

— Anonymous

In those days, I auditioned for everything MGM made while I was under contract. Not for the roles Elizabeth Taylor eventually got, of course.

— Leslie Nielsen

Actors have become much more savvy about the nature of television celebrity these days. We were not. The kind of celebrity culture that exists…

— John Nettles

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting…

— Drew Barrymore

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's…

— Merle Haggard

When I was about 16 or 17, I had a teacher who took a group of us to the National Theater in Washington, D.C.,…

— Edward Norton

I'd seen Richard Pryor and Joan Rivers, the stuff off the telly. I don't think I'd seen anything live before I did a gig,…

— Roisin Conaty

I got into radio when I was eight, and I was one of the busiest child dramatic actors in America.

— Mel Torme

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.

— Jerry Reed

As a kid I would watch 'SCTV,' 'Saturday Night Live,' 'Monty Python' and 'The Kids in the Hall,' and be amazed that these guys…

— Will Sasso

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.

— Stephen Dorff

I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever.

— Leighton Meester