Aspiring Performer Pillows

'Just because everyone applauded when you dropped your lunch tray in the cafeteria, doesn't mean that you should pursue a career in show business.'

The Lamelight.

'They all want to play the star.'

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

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

"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 wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

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

'You're doing a play in kindergarten?'

'Miss Donahue would give him an F.'

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

'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.'

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

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

Children's Imagination

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

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

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

"Nobody at school will laugh at me."

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

'I couldn't practice last night on account of my Dad's head was gonna' explode.'

"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."

"She gets her musical ability from me."

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

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

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

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

"That'll be the day!"