Human beings have a bunch of different dimensions, so even if you're playing someone who you think maybe the audience might not like, might not be going for, you still have to give them the dimensions to make them a real human, otherwise there's no point.

I love animals. I love being around them.

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends.

Obviously the idea of being human is a very human idea.

If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.

I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries.

I never thought I could learn much from a dog or cat. They sleep when we sleep. They eat when we eat. I'm into observing animals being as wild as they can be in a captive environment.