James Cromwell Quotes

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.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

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

I don't look like a leading man, whatever they look like. It's changing a little.

I have a film called 'A Lonely Place For Dying,' which is the most watched film on the Internet, over 3 million hits, more than any of Hollywood's films.

There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don't fix it, it won't continue.

I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.'

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

Authority is the assumption that someone else knows better than you.

My friends joke because I will take my clothes off, at the drop of a hat.

Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively, but I know how to do the process.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really liked.

It's a wonderful thing as time goes by, to be with someone who looks into your face when you've gotten old and still sees what you think you look like.

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

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

My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.

I auditioned for 'Revenge Of The Nerds,' and I so did not want the picture. I didn't want it. I didn't want be in anything that had nerds anywhere.

I say a lot of things I shouldn't say.

All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.

Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?