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.
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.
The health of the planet is at stake, because the cruelty and the waste that accompanies the slaughter of billions of animals each year literally infects us all. We could consume healthy plant-based food produced at almost infinitely less cost. What does that say, really, about us and what we're doing... to animals and to ourselves?
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
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.
When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.
You don't just one day say, 'That's it, I'm doing this, I'm going to throw all my shoes out and I'm not eating honey and I won't drive my car because there are animal bones in the tires' because you'd drive yourself around the bend.
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