James Cromwell quotes
Born
January 27, 1940, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
Actor.
James Cromwell is an American actor.
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.
– James Cromwell
There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don’t fix it, it won’t continue.
– James Cromwell
We don’t need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.
– James Cromwell
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.
– James Cromwell
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.
– James Cromwell
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
– James Cromwell
Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there’s going to be a problem.
– James Cromwell
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
– James Cromwell
I say a lot of things I shouldn’t say.
– James Cromwell
I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth.
– James Cromwell
My definition of a character actor is – they never get the girl.
– James Cromwell
I think the relationship of indigenous people to their environment… that those were ethical omnivores.
– James Cromwell
I drove through the stockyards of Texas on a motorcycle. It doesn’t let you escape what surrounds you and what it smells like and feels like – and what hit me was the realization that something that was alive and had feelings will suffer before a piece of it is placed on our plates.
– James Cromwell
My first films were comedy, ‘Murder By Death,’ and ‘The Cheap Detective.’ But now they won’t think of me as a comedian. Now, they think of me as a bad guy, and I can’t do comedy.
– James Cromwell