Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.

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 risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to be silent on these important issues.

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

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.

I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.