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.

I'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.

I 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.

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

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

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

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