Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.
“I'm gonna perform on one of the nights. Good clean fun; we're not going to jail. For the record.”
“I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!”