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.
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.
We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.
He's worked with the Humane Farming Association to protect farm animals from inhumane treatment.
Cromwell's mother was actress, Kay Johnson. His father was actor/director, John Cromwell.
He is the only actor to utter the words "Star Trek" on Star Trek. He does so in the movie Star Trek: First Contact.
In 1996, he was nominated for a Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe.
In 2003, in the Western Heritage Awards, he won, as part of the cast, the Bronze Wrangler award for Theatrical Motion Picture for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.
In 2006, he was nominated for a DVD Exclusive Award (DVDX award) for Best Supporting Actor (in a DVD Premier Movie) for Snow Walker.
In 1998, he was nominated, as part of the cast, for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for L.A.Confidential.
He was a celebrity sponsor of the Great American Meatout on March 20, 2001.
He became a vegan after playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the film Babe in 1995.
He has played a US President three times - Lyndon B. Johnson in RFK (2002), fictional President Newman in The West Wing (1999) and fictional President Fowler in The Sum of All Fears (2002).
In 2006 he was nominated, as a member of the cast, for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Six Feet Under.
In 2003 he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Six Feet Under, for playing George Sibley.
Had a starring role in the new movie, "The Longest Yard".