Surely it should be a matter of moral responsibility that we humans, different from other animals mainly by virtue of our more highly developed intellect and, with it, our greater capacity for understanding and compassion, ensure that medical progress slowly detaches its roots from the manure of non-human animal suffering and despair.

It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don't suppose anybody really understands yet.

Of course animals have a personality and emotions.

Chimps taught us we're not separated from the animal kingdom, we're a part of it.

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think.

Successful actors and actresses have to get themselves into their roles before acting. Therefore, you need to really care about what you are saying.