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

You don't just one day say, 'That's it, I'm doing this, I'm going to throw all my shoes out and I'm not eating honey and I won't drive my car because there are animal bones in the tires' because you'd drive yourself around the bend.

We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.

There are reasons to have rules and regulations. That I understand. Authority is a different thing. Authority is to maintain its own position by increasing its power and domination over those people it is supposedly protecting.

It's a wonderful thing as time goes by, to be with someone who looks into your face when you've gotten old and still sees what you think you look like.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

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