Jane Goodall has been doing her best to remove monkeys and apes from acting roles where they are portrayed as cute little humanoids.
It looks like "Animal Practice" is likely to setback her efforts another 50 years. This monkey is going to gain a huge fan base. There are already 17,000 of this type of monkey being kept as pets in America...If Crystal gets a big fan base, some of those people are going to want to have a pet Capuchin of their own.
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Justin Kirk on the Monkey Business Behind "Animal Practice"
'Weeds' supporting player scrubs up for sitcom stardom.
Justin Kirk and Crystal the monkey star in NBC's "Animal Practice."
After eight seasons as the freewheeling, slacker brother-in-law Andy on “Weeds,” Kirk takes center stage in his own NBC sitcom “Animal Practice,” playing the flashy, arrogant but secretly soft-hearted veterinarian Dr. George Goodwin.
On getting competitive with scene-stealing co-star Crystal the monkey (“The Hangover 2”):
On getting competitive with scene-stealing co-star Crystal the monkey (“The Hangover 2”):
Believe me, in the beginning, I won't lie, there was some jealousy, a little competitiveness – and that was just from her. I think we both think we're the star of the show, but I had a breakthrough recently, and this is quite honest: she's my best friend and I think she only serves me and I her. That's this job. That's part of something that I'm looking forward to: actually acting with her.
On animal ownership:
I don't have any animals at home because if you're doing a TV show or if you're doing movies or plays, you've got to leave for long periods of time and I don't want to stick my dog in the kennel. I grew up with dogs, a big dog that looked like Old Yeller, and I had a three-legged dog. I grew up in a very rural area when I was a kid, so we found her after having her leg caught in a trap. Not “rescue”-rescue – we lived in the middle of nowhere, so that was a real rescue.
On shadowing a real vet:
On shadowing a real vet:
One of my closest friends in New York is an exclusive cat veterinarian, and so I've spent some time with him, and I'm going to continue to do the same while I'm in L.A., yes. I think that's probably important.
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