Circus lions are mean. They don't know anything about affection training.
When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
I wanted to keep working because work was essentially fantastic - you got to be around people, you got to be in a family, and that family changed from job to job. It was like being in the circus.
From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the biggest form of entertainment in the country. People were starting to have money, starting to have half a Saturday off. In an era before people went on vacations much, the big deal was when the circus came through town.
In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.
Circus with animal shows should be forbidden, there are enough other thrilling options.
Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus.
