Virginia McKenna Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Virginia Anne McKenna, DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with The Born Free Foundation.
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Virginia McKenna Quotes
The Dilemma of Taming Wild Animals
Joy Adamson:
Elsa, Elsa
George Adamson:
Let's try this.
Joy Adamson:
all my nightmares had come true.
George Adamson:
...she can't make it. she can't think. she can't mix with her own kind... She can't do anything the wild animals do to survive. You've done too good a job on her. You've made her tame. It's too late to try to let her go wild now. All we're doing is making her miserable, torturing her. How could you be so cruel?
Joy Adamson:
You keep quiet George.
George Adamson:
I don't know what goes on in that head of yours anymore... What's wrong with a zoo, anyway?
Joy Adamson:
nothing. Except that she won't be free.
George Adamson:
and Is freedom so important?
Joy Adamson:
yes, yes, she was born free and she has the right to live free. Why don't we live in a more comfortable setting George? Other people do. We chose to live out here cause it represents freedom for us. Because we can breathe.
George Adamson:
Joy, tell me the truth. You just don't want to give her up. What you're really hoping is that she can stay out here, wild, but not too wild. That you can see her every now and then.
Joy Adamson:
it's not the whole truth. But I don't deny I'd like it.
George Adamson:
it's impossible. It cannot happen.
Joy Adamson:
...at least she would be free. At least she wouldn't be in a cage for the rest of her life.
George Adamson:
even if she gets herself killed in the process.
Joy Adamson: [stroking Elsa's leg; narrates]
I'd never forgive myself I suppose. although at one time we were afraid she'd die, Elsa did recover. And when she did, she seemed somehow different.
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