Copyright 2007 - 2011 Martha Theus and 21st Century Vegetarians
CELEBRITY VEGETARIANS
When I started the research for this book, I was pleasantly surprised to see the number of celebrities who had adopted a vegetarian lifestyle. This page has not only celebrities, but other noteworthy vegetarians as well. This following are a few videos and some of my favorite quotes along with links to celebrity vegetarian databases. If you know of more links or quotes, email me and I’ll add them to the list!
I never really liked meat. I was a child that had to be forced to eat my meat. Whatever you ate before that you loved (like turkey slices) they've got a substitute now that's not hard to find.
- Masta Killa, Rapper
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John Salley, NBA Champion
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Casey Affleck, Actor
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Forest Whitaker, Actor
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I think and speak clearer since I cut the dairy out. I can breathe better and perform at a better rate, and my voice is clearer. I can explore different things with my voice that I couldn't do because of my meat and dairy ingestion. I am proud and blessed to be a vegetarian, everything became clear.
-Common, Rapper,Singer, Actor
Joaquin Phoenix, Actor
Joaquin Phoenix has been a vegetarian since birth and is the narrator of the acclaimed documentary on the inhumane treatment of animals, Earthlings.
Ellen Degeneres, Talk Show Host
Bryan Adams, Musician
I don't eat any animals or anything that has to do with animals. No fish or egg or dairy because I personally don't feel it's a good practice to eat anything that might run away from you.
-Russell Simmons, Hip-Hop Mogul, Author
Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation (by Eric Schlosser). That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.
-Amber Tamblyn, Actress
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
-Alice Walker, Author
I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore.
-Alicia Silverstone, Actress
I am a vegan now, and it was a conscious decision. I studied a lot about African culture and health and the best way to take care of the body. … I really wanted to be healthy. I found out a lot about the body and what [drugs] they put in meat. My taste buds started changing, and I didn't crave [meat and dairy products] anymore.
-Brandy, Singer, Actress
I quit eating beef when I was somewhere between 10 and 13 because we do have cows and I did bottle feed them and stuff like that. They were like my pets. I had an incident one day that made me refuse to eat beef ever, ever again. Later on, my neighbor had pigs, and I thought they were cute, and it just kind of went on and on from there. I phased it out over a period of time. My parents were actually banding calves. I don't know if you know what that means. I'm not going to explain it to you. ... Basically, it was to make them grow bigger so people could eat them, and they were so cute, and it just made me sad."
-Carrie Underwood, Singer
For more interesting facts and an extensive list of celebrity and other notable vegetarians, visit the following links:
A few more famous vegetarian faces. Click on the images to see who they are!
I feel blessed that I was introduced to this lifestyle more than 12 years ago by Dexter. I prefer to eat mostly raw or 'living' foods. The benefits for me are increased energy, a slowing of the aging process, and I have none of the diseases like hypertension, heart disease and diabetes that many people my age seem to get.
- Coretta Scott King
Christian Bale, Actor (aka Batman)
(Christian is also an Animal Rights Activist. He has been a vegetarian since age 6 after he read Charlotte's Web and made the connection between animals and meat.)
Listen to BEEF by KRS-One, Rapper
