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

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

I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.

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.

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

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.'

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.