There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows.
'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate.
I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.
It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals.
For whatever crispness and animation my writing has I give some credit to the cartoonist manque.
My first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist.
For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's fantasy.
A lot of people have helped me along the way. But you know the biggest thing for me was when computer animation came along.
I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about.
Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.
If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment.
Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.
I can't stand the idea of missing something. I've got to know what's going on - it's like an animal instinct with me.
I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.
I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.
I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.
An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.
