For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.
James CromwellAnybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.
James CromwellI'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the way we do.
James CromwellWhen I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
James CromwellI prefer to have playback, but sometimes, you can't have that under most circumstances. First, it is expensive because you need a playback operator and secondly, it threatens a lot of directors. I only watch my performance. I see what is necessary for me so that I can see it right at the moment and I can fix it. That appeals to me a great deal.
James Cromwell