I could really use a corporate sponsor. People think that because you're in the movies, you're rich. I have allocated all my resources to Shambala so the animals will always be safe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can spend an extraordinary amount of time raising independent money to do a movie for very little means. I've done it with 'Pawn Sacrifice.'
There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.
Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.
If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.
It is not like casting me in your movie is going to help you get financing.
I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health organization. We fund campaign health studies for dogs, cats, lizards and wildlife. I've worked with the L.A. Zoo for about the same length of time. I get my animal fixes!
I myself have been a major beneficiary of the view that no animal will more repay treatment that is kind and fair.
For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results.
In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.