I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

Birds I am fine with - spiders are an entirely different matter.

You don't see sick animals in the wild. You don't see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.

I really need to work. People think that I'm no longer interested in acting and only interested in work-ing with the animals. Obviously I have given that impression, but it is not how I feel. I think I'm a good actor. I think I look OK. I don't understand why I'm not working all the time.

Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.

We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.

I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.