If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again.

I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.

For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.

I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.'

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

The kids know me from 'Babe,' but usually it is 'L.A. Confidential' that people remember, which was the second film I did. I have worked with some really good people and the films that I've done for the most part have been good.