I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.
I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
I shoot the same rifle I've shot since I killed my first deer with it when I was nine.
Well, the first and only time I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn't do it again. But I know a lot about guns, so I go to the gun range and stuff like that with friends sometimes.
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.
I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind.
After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.
I'm a mother lion when it comes to protecting my children.
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