Aspiring Entertainer Mugs

'A clown? What makes you think you could be a clown?'

"Nobody at school will laugh at me."

Ventriloquism for Dummies.

'They all want to play the star.'

Department of Theatre, Film and Television: Lights...Camera...Unemployment!

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

'Hey guys?. . . Help us think what Dale could do for his '15 minutes of fame.''

Children's Imagination

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

'Man it's a tough crowd tonight!'

"You want to be a comedian? You can't be serious!"

A backup plan might be a good idea, in case 'being a celebrity' doesn't work out...

"If there is no more American Idol what am I going to do to become famous?"

Directors chairs on movie set with Model, Actress, and Whatever on them

Child steps off chair and says, 'Tough crowd.'(Cat looks impassive)

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

"Have a career, and then if you want to try acting, you'll have my blessing."

"If I had it all to do over again, I would have liked to be the King of Swing."

"That'll be the day!"

"I've made a fortune as a successful artist! I couldn't see this happening if I became a soldier or a worker..."

'Mummy, Mummy, I've been practising the whole afternoon: Wanna hear my evil laugh?'

'I told you I'd make you a star.'

"This area is popular with would-be actresses and models,we call it 'Silicon Implants'."

"When I grow up, I want to be a Presidential impersonator on 'Saturday Night Live.'"

"She gets her musical ability from me."