Occupation: Film Actor Birth: January 27, 1940
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 'M….
I say a lot of things I shouldn't say..
As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you..
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..
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life..
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional..
Pigs may not be as cuddly as kittens or puppies, but they suffer just as much..
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..
What happens when you're naked is that people get that you're really just a human being. There are parts of it that are pretty appalling, and there a….
Every day is perfect because there's no other day! As a friend of mine said, "Ride the horse in the direction it's going." When you do that, you real….
I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth..
There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don't fix it, it won't continue..
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..
I always change my words in everything I do. I make the language fit, because I know the character from the inside out. Often character actors are no….
Once a film is shot, the thing that mostly happens is that I go see all the things I would have fixed in my performance and sometimes, very rarely, I….
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 lik….
The last part of life is a spiritual concern. You need to find a context to put your life into, that will allow you to go through it with as much gra….
The person is a mystery. What I'm playing is the person so I really get to tell you and show you and communicate to you who I think the real person i….
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..
The kids know me from 'Babe,' but usually it is 'L.A. Confidential' that people remember, which was the second film I did. I have worked with some re….