The Greatest Showman (2017)

Paul Sparks: James Gordon Bennett

Quotes 

• James Gordon Bennett : I never liked your show, but I always thought the people did

  P.T. Barnum : They did. They do!

  James Gordon Bennett : Putting people of all Shapes, Sizes, Colours. Putting them on stage together and presenting them as equals, another critic might have even called it a celebration of humanity.

  P.T. Barnum : I would've liked that.

• James Gordon Bennett : Tell me, Mr. Barnum, does it bother you that everything you're selling is fake?

  P.T. Barnum : Do these smiles seem fake? It doesn't matter where they come from. The joy is real.

  James Gordon Bennett : So you are a philanthropist?

  P.T. Barnum : Well, hyperbole isn't the worst crime. Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much.

  James Gordon Bennett : The creed of a true fraud.

  P.T. Barnum : Mr Bennett, when was the last time you smiled? Or had a good laugh? A real laugh. A theater critic who can't find joy in the theater. Now who is the fraud?