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I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.

If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can.

I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and why they do it.

I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch of freedom, and then they are free to come back to you. I love the idea of pigeons.