Famous Vegans - Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin, 2010.

Alec Baldwin

Born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958. He is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage and television. He has received two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and six Screen Actors Guild Awards. You can check out some of his acting work at this link. In 2008 he wrote the book A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce.

Meet Your Meat

Alec Baldwin is the narrator of PETA's video "Meet Your Meat". It shows the reality of what goes on in factory farms.

Warning: very shocking images!
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Quotes by Alec Baldwin:

"Every time sitting at a dining table, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for the animals. Do it for the environment and for the sake of your own health."

"I have supported and/or worked with a number of animal rights groups, both local and national. Whether it be donating to pet adoption facilities like the North Shore Animal League on Long Island, opposing the carriage horses in Central Park, hosting fundraisers for the Performing Animal Welfare Society in San Andreas, California or appearing in video programs for PETA, protecting the rights of animals has been important to me ever since my ex-wife introduced me to Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco, the founders of PETA."

"I learned about issues involving the crash-testing of live animals by Detroit carmakers, the use of monkeys and other animals in medical experimentation and the testing of everything from medicines to machinery to make-up for the purposes of measuring product liability. I learned about how meat is produced and slaughtered, how milk is "manufactured" and, thanks to Dr. Neal Barnard and the Physicians for Responsible Medicine, how childhood obesity and related illnesses have soared over the past 25 years due to the poor diets of kids hooked on fast food. I learned about the horrific abuses of animals in circuses, zoos, rodeos, thoroughbred horse racing and anywhere that animals are used in performances."

Last quote is from a 2009 article Alec Baldwin wrote in the Huffington Post.