Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as a sport, an unfair sport. If you're in Spain or Mexico it's absolutely not a sport; it's not… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
I don't believe that anyone connected with bullfighting would deny that what happens in the ring has an element of suffering and perhaps cruelty to it. So then it comes back to whether the suffering and cruelty is justified by… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
A bull will try to outwit you. It will stop and hook when the last thing you expect from it is that it will… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
For me, bullfighting was this very spiritual engagement with power, with power and death. You're pitting yourself against a force that's stronger than you… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values. — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to imagine bullfighting abolished from Spain entirely. Values do change, though. — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
Acting requires focus, too, but acting doesn't, you might say, demand focus. When you're in the ring you don't even have to think about… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
My own experience has taught me not to underestimate the power of those who protest against cruelty. I'd also say that there may be… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as a sport,… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
In one era the majority puts its faith and sympathy with the bullfighter, in another with the bull. — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
I'm good at killing, I'm known as a bullfighter who kills well, and that I can kill well, that I can compete technically with… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been thinking about lately is how the change in values makes the survival of the old values, where they… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
