The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman is a 2017 film about the American showman P. T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous successful traveling "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus".
 * Directed by Michael Gracey. Written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon.

P. T. Barnum

 * No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.
 * The noblest art is that of making others happy.
 * [singing] Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for/Been searching in the dark, your sweat soakin' through the floor/And buried in your bones there's an ache that you can't ignore/Taking your breath, stealing your mind/And all that was real is left behind...
 * Everyone is special, and nobody is like anyone else. That’s the point of my show.
 * Hyperbole isn't the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much.
 * Sir I, I know I don't come from much but I will take care of your daughter and I will give her a life as grand as this one.
 * They don't understand it, but they will.
 * Oh, I am counting on it.
 * Yeah, we are going to change that name. I think you're Irish.

Charity Barnum

 * '''You don’t need everyone to love you. Just a few good people.
 * Father is sending me to finishing school.
 * I don't know what my future will be.
 * I wish...for happiness like this forever.
 * For you and you...and for your father.

Philip Carlyle

 * Yes, I do, indeed. Refunds are available at front box office.
 * God, no. But I've seen the crowds. People leave your show happier than when they came in.
 * Which is much more than I can say from my play.
 * Who is that?
 * I guess I'll just have to tell the queen either all of us go or none of us will…

Jenny Lind

 * It is hard to understand wealth and privilege when you're born to it.
 * I gave most of my earnings to charity, Mr. Barnum...to orphans and widows.
 * I sometimes don't feel like I belong here.
 * I was born out of wedlock and that brought shame upon my family.
 * And life always manages to remind me that I don't deserve a place in this world.
 * And that leaves a hole that no ovation can ever fill.

Anne Wheeler

 * Are we all invited?
 * Mr. Barnum said he left a ticket for me.
 * I've always wanted to go to the theater.
 * Never had somebody look at you the way your parents looked at me. The way everyone would look at us.

Dialogue

 * Jenny Lind: Well, Mr. Barnum. This...is...to making dreams come true.
 * P. T. Barnum: Thank you, Jenny. It's two hours to curtains.
 * Jenny Lind: I've given you the world, haven't I?
 * P. T. Barnum: I, I should go. I have become a distraction. I'm sorry, Jenny. You should finish your tour without me.
 * Jenny Lind: What? You're leaving?
 * P. T. Barnum: The itinerary is well in hand.
 * Jenny Lind: So that's it.
 * P. T. Barnum: What do you mean?
 * Jenny Lind: I'm just another one of your acts.
 * P. T. Barnum: Jenny.
 * Jenny Lind: I'm done.
 * P. T. Barnum: Jenny, Jenny, please. You have to finish the tour.
 * Jenny Lind: Must I?
 * P. T. Barnum: It will ruin me.
 * Jenny Lind: When you're careless with other people, Mr. Barnum... you bring ruin upon yourself.
 * Jenny Lind: I have risked everything.
 * P. T. Barnum: Well, so did I.
 * Jenny Lind: And seems we've both lost.


 * Jenny Lind: You are the American. I believe I might have heard of you.
 * P. T. Barnum: Oh, well, If you've heard of me all the way over here, I must have been doing something right.
 * Jenny Lind: That, or something very wrong.
 * P. T. Barnum: In the world of publicity there is hardly any difference.
 * Jenny Lind: I believe those are the words of a scoundrel, Mr Barnum.
 * P. T. Barnum: A showman, Miss Lind, just a showman. The best on my side of the Atlantic.


 * Queen Victoria: You're even smaller than I imagined!
 * Tom Thumb: Well you're not exactly reaching the top shelf yourself, sweetheart.


 * P. T. Barnum: Hey sweetie, who's that young man over there?
 * Charity Barnum: Oh that's Phillip Carlyle. A bit of a scandal, they say. His last play was a hit in London.
 * P. T. Barnum: Play? Pay good money to watch people stand around and talk for two hours and they call me a conman.


 * Phillip Carlyle: I can’t just run off and join the circus.
 * P. T. Barnum: Why not? I mean you clearly have a flair for show business.
 * Phillip Carlyle: The show business?
 * P. T. Barnum: Mm-hmm.
 * Phillip Carlyle: I’ve never heard of it.
 * P. T. Barnum: Because I just invented it.


 * Phillip Carlyle: You’re risking everything you’ve built.
 * P. T. Barnum: Well how do you think I built it...


 * Phillip’s Mother: You forget your place, Phillip.
 * Phillip Carlyle: My place? Mother, if this is my place, then I don't want any part of it.


 * Philip Carlyle: Mr. Barnum, I can not just run off and enter into the circus.
 * P. T. Barnum: Why not? Sounds thrilling, isn't it?
 * Philip Carlyle: Let's just say that I find it much more comfortable...admiring your show from afar.
 * P. T. Barnum: Comfort, the enemy of progress.
 * Philip Carlyle: Do you understand that just associating with you could cost me my inheritance?
 * P. T. Barnum: Oh, it could cost you more than that. You'd be risking everything. But, on the other hand, well, you just might find yourself a free man.


 * Philip Carlyle: Sir, it looks like you have yourself a junior partner.
 * P. T. Barnum: What I have is an overcompensated apprentice.


 * P. T. Barnum: Jenny, this is my wife Charity and our girls.
 * Jenny Lind: Of course, and I've heard so much about you. And your father tells me you are a fan of the ballet.
 * Caroline Barnum: Yes, I'm studying ballet.
 * Jenny Lind: Oh, are you?
 * Caroline Barnum: Of course I am.
 * P. T. Barnum: Of course she is.
 * Jenny Lind: And what about you, Helen?
 * Helen Barnum: You look like a princess, ma'am.


 * P. T. Barnum: This isn't the life I promised you.
 * Charity Barnum: But I have everything I want.
 * P. T. Barnum: What about the magic?
 * Charity Barnum: What do you call those two girls?


 * Anne Wheeler: And what is your act, Mr. Carlyle?
 * Philip Carlyle: I don't have an act.
 * Anne Wheeler: Everyone has got an act.

Cast

 * Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum
 * Zac Efron as Phillip Carlyle
 * Michelle Williams as Charity Barnum
 * Rebecca Ferguson as Jenny Lind
 * Zendaya as Anne Wheeler