Career Debut Mugs

Opening night at the circus: "How's everyone's jitters?"

'Be gentle with me, it's my first novel.'

"Just be yourself."

"This is my new country song I wrote about my self-driving truck leaving me..."

'So...you THINK you have what it takes to be a scientist...?'

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

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

'There they go - off on their own - and a finer bunch of fledgelings one couldn't ask.'

"From the gentleman at the end of the barre."

"Toi Toi Toi!"

Piano Recital

Silly wig.

Madame Rejane- Famous French Actress in the Part of Madame Sans Gene

"My God!! - Those actors must all be really old by now...!"

Good luck tonight, xoxo, Coach.

"Maybe I don't like stunning debuts."

"Eventually the instrument becomes an extension of your body."

Sumo Love.

Snail Man

"Sorry, I meant to say "good luck", not "break a leg"..."

Hirer to employee handing him lighted hat: 'You'll be starting at the bottom.'

"I just got a huge advance for my first novel. It's about a writer who gets a huge advance for his first novel."

Girl who had a bowl of trifle spilt over her dress at her court presentation party the night before

'As is the fashion these days, it's about nothing.'

'I got the job, Mom. You always said I'd make a living with my hands.'

'Honey, this the start of a fantastic career! Lunchtime is over and I still haven't been fired!'

"As your first novel, it starts out badly and just falls away!"

"Hogsworth, I'm starting my son at the bottom. No executive washroom key until he breaks 90."

'I hereby sentence you to 40 years labor in an office with fluorescent lighting, just enough salary to keep you alive...'

'Larry, did you feel THAT? Your career just peaked! And on MY show! Isn't that fantastic?'

PEP TALKS!

Getting Published

'I'd like you to meet our new programs director.'