Temple Grandin: My name is Temple Grandin. I'm not like other people. I think in pictures and I connect them.坦普·葛兰汀:我叫坦普·葛兰汀。我和大多数人不一样,我通过图片思考,并且将它们联系起来。
Temple Grandin: ...They will be very calm. Nature is cruel but we don't have to be. We owe them some respect. I touched the first cow that was being stunned. In a few seconds it was going to be just another piece of beef, but in that moment it was still an individual. It was calm and then it was gone. I became aware of how precious life was...坦普·葛兰汀:他们会非常平静。大自然已经够残酷了,我们则没有必要这么残酷。我们欠这些牛一些尊重。当我第一次触摸到牛的时候,我伸手震动,因为这个生命在几分钟之后将变成牛肉。可是在我的手上,它还是一条鲜活的生命。当它死掉的时候,它还是平静的。那一刻,我体会到了生命的珍贵。
Red Harris (of "Cattle Magazine"): I don't normally tell people what I'm going to write but Miss Grandin, this is a masterpiece.瑞德·哈里斯(《牲口杂志》):我从来不会告诉别人我会写什么。但是葛兰汀小姐,这是一个杰作。
《综艺杂志》曾经在2002年刊登过一个新闻,说是大卫·O·拉塞尔对这个项目很感兴趣,而且他还找来了编剧莫瑞特·强森编写剧本。据说这个剧本的改变来源是葛兰汀的另外两本回忆录《浮现》(Emergence)和《在图片中交谈》(Talking in Pictures)。但是拉塞尔很快就放弃了这部电影。影片的接力棒交到了莫西斯·考夫曼(Moises Kaufman)的手中,不过他也放弃了这个项目。直到2008年,影片的导演人选才最终被确定为米克·杰克逊。而从少女偶像转变成演技派演员的克莱尔·丹尼斯也公开表示说自己愿意扮演葛兰汀这个角色。莫瑞特·强森编写的剧本也被修改一新。