As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again.

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.

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

A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.

The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.

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.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

Pigs may not be as cuddly as kittens or puppies, but they suffer just as much.

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

Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed:It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.

What are Americans still buying? Big Macs,Campbell's soup,Hershey's chocolate and Spam--the four food groups of the apocalypse.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

Eisenhower was a pretty peace-oriented president. Truman was a pretty hawkish. I would argue, if we had more time, I would argue Truman had a lot to do with getting the Cold War going.

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

In reality, infinity is merely the distance to the heart of a stranger. Eternity is the moment of cognition.