The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

What happens when you're naked is that people get that you're really just a human being. There are parts of it that are pretty appalling, and there are parts that are okay. That's what it looks like. If you can embrace and accept what people look like in the altogether, it's not so difficult to accept them with their clothes on.

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

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

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