"The whole world now runs on the consumerist system and, realistically, I can’t see a way of changing it because everybody’s locked into it. It would have to be one great big ****ing revolution. I can’t see it happening because people are too apathetic"
"My main reason for going veggie was to opt out, just like I’ve opted out in other ways. I’ve rejected the cruelty and the politics that lie behind it all. It didn’t happen overnight, I kind of drifted into it because it was much cheaper cooking veggie food.
But then I’d go home and my Mum would cook meat and I’d eat it just to please her. In the end I had to say: “No, I’m not going to eat meat any more.” I felt this big weight lift from me. In fact, I might as well be a vegan because I don’t eat eggs or cheese – but it’s the milk chocolate that gets me."
"Animals aren’t stupid. They can smell the blood when they’re going off to the slaughterhouse and might well know they’re about to be killed. They can certainly tell that something’s not right and that other creatures have been killed nearby."
"I’ve never seen travellers as a threat to society – nicking a bit of kindling occasionally and urinating in the woods is hardly the stuff of villainy. In fact, one of the most shocking pieces of news footage I’ve ever seen involved a convoy of travellers – but it wasn’t they who disturbed me, it was the riot police."
(For complete interview, please visit: http://www.viva.org.uk/celebs/jeremy_interview.html)
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