I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice.
What sets humans apart from animals is that we have to walk around saying how smart we are, and animals just live their lives.
I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you.
When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.
One of the mistakes I made was thinking chickens and penguins could sing, just like all the other animals in the 'Muppets.' But it turns out those animals are not allowed to sing words.
Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.
There's no better feeling in the world than knowing that my show played a role in stopping animal abuse or alleviating animal suffering.
I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.
I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.
I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
Principal Zito: You got no business in the ring with those animals. Tom Conlon: Actually, I used to be one of those animals
I always believed in animal spirits. It's not their existence that is new. It's the fact that they are not random events, but actually replicate in-bred qualities of human nature which create those animal spirits.
I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It's important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you've got to treat them with love.
I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
'Fecundity' is an ugly word for an ugly subject. It is ugly, at least, in the eggy animal world. I don't think it is for plants.
One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is devouring another with those of the animal being devoured.
'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal shrug?
It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?
