James Cromwell : (7)

" I auditioned for ‘Revenge Of The Nerds,’ and I so did not want the picture. I didn’t want it. I didn’t want be in anything that had nerds anywhere. " - James Cromwell

" All of them – my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother – were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity. " - James Cromwell

" 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. " - James Cromwell

" I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won’t work with anyone two inches taller than them and most of them are under six feet, so you have to be prepared to have trouble. " - James Cromwell

" I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with. " - 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

" 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