Rhianna Pratchett Quotes

Disney cartoons are all rated G. It's really funny. There are kids all over the world who still have complexes over Bambi's father getting shot by the hunter and Bambi's mother getting crisped. But that's the way it's always been. This is the sort of material that appeals to kids. Kids understand it instinctively. They grip it.

I was traumatized by the cartoon version of 'The Hobbit.' It's not supposed to be scary, I don't think, but literally I think that's the most scared I've ever been.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

My stepfather was fond of letting me know, quote, 'I ain't your... damn daddy.' That was something that was painful, to put it mildly.

My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected me.

There were just things in Disney movies that probably were too scary for kids.

I had a couple of experiences as a kid with animals where I hurt them, kind of unintentionally, and when I saw that a human being can hurt an animal it really affected me. And my kids...they became animal rights activists.

I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

I can distinctly remember being the only boy in my class whose parents had separated.

It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.

How many mothers have emerged from a family trip to a Disney movie and been obliged to explain the facts of death to their sobbing young? A conservative estimate: the tens of millions, since the studio's first animated feature, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' premiered in 1937.

I don't let Molly watch much television. The only stations I let her watch are PBS and the Disney Channel. The cartoons on the other stations are too violent and filled with obnoxious commercials.

I was 2 when my parents - actress Connie Stevens and singer Eddie Fisher - divorced. I was too young to experience the pain of their split, but it was rough growing up with a father who wasn't there.

There are people who try to justify eating fish by saying they have no feelings. Well, you watch a fish gasping for breath as it's pulled out of the water, and then try and tell me it has no feelings!

Disney features, especially the early ones, were horror movies with cute critters: Greek tragedies with a hummable chorus. Forcing children to confront the loss of home, parent, friends and fondest pets, these films imposed shock therapy on four-year-olds.

Parents are the centre of a person's solar system, even as an adult. My dad had a stronger gravitational pull than most, so his absence was bound to leave a deep and lasting void.

To see your dad cry is like - It's different than to see your mom cry, you know?

My problem is I can't show any of my movies to my daughters. It's tough. 'Beauty and the Beast'... they liked it. But that's the only one, really. Otherwise, they've always been dark or violent.

I care a lot about animal welfare and children. Although I don't have children myself.

I always cry when Mufasa dies in 'The Lion King.' I just can't handle it.

We all get so excited about the big events, but when there's an animal involved, it's ten times harder.