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Hey this is Paul Dano from the movie Fast Food Nation.
The first time I read the script which I thought was really wonderful. Then when I saw it was Richard Linklater, he is someone I like a lot, his films. Dazed and Confused is probably one of my favorite films ever. The character I play in the movie, Brian, is a kid who works at a fast food restaurant, who does not
like his job, hates his job, does not like much about where his life is, you know high school. I tried to get, there are a couple McDonalds in my neighborhood here in New York where I live where I filled out applications and believe it or not I did not get a job. That was gonna be my research for the character.
You can go to one of those restaurants if you just watch for a short little bit you can get a pretty good feeling from the peoples faces that it is not the most pleasant work atmosphere. I am glad that the restaurant is going to raise awareness to a few things because I think that is one of the hardest things to
do, to get people to read, or to listen. There is the whole issue of factory farms and the way these animals are treated, the way the animals are slaughtered. The accidents that happen in these factories and what actually ends up going in your food. These animals are bred and it is unbelievable the way they
are treated. These cattle or cows, and chickens whatever, are confined, lined up one next to the other, sometimes in the dark. Chickens sometimes they cannot handle their own body weight. It is not way for anything that breathes to live. Seeing how these human workers are not treated well and the animals
and I hope this is going to affect some people, the world. It is just so hard to get your mind around the fact that this actually happens because it is hard to hear about and it is kind of gross. So it is easy to push away because you just do not want to be disturbed by it. Hopefully some people will be confronted and have to take a look at it. It is really unbelievable.