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NP:Well, congratulations on that. Talking of being in good company, I understand you're also a vegan now.
SO:That's right. I love being vegan.
NP:Why vegan as opposed to vegetarian?
SO:I don't know. It's so much healthier and just better in general for everything. As far as a compassionate lifestyle and [it being] healthy for me, for the planet and all the life on it, vegan is really the best way to go. It helps me a lot. I really believe that I'm doing something good for me and for everyone else every time I eat, you know.
NP:I was noticing in the movie you had the disclaimer at the end that said some of the stunts were monitored by the Humane Society, and in the stunts that were monitored no animals were harmed.
SO:Yeah, you know, I'm glad you mentioned that. When we started filming the movie, I felt pretty conflicted about working with animals. I was really aware that it's sort of inconsistent with my lifestyle right now, to do stuff with animals.
I remember it was like the first week or two of filming, and we did that bit in that pen with the ram. My job was to play a trumpet and to have this ram charge with its horns into my nuts. My instincts kicked in and I kept reaching down with my hand, blocking this ram. Nothing that would hurt the ram, but reaching down...the ram was running into my hand.
That was in February. That was over 7 months ago, and my hand has still not healed. The tendons got so messed up. My hand should've probably fully recovered, but it hasn't. I feel like my hand's going to be messed up for the rest of my life.
Every time I shake someone's hand and they're some kind of a macho man dude - like they have something to prove with their strong handshake - it hurts like hell and injures my hand more. I don't think my hand is ever going to get better and I have that as a permanent reminder not to be cruel to animals. You are never going to see me mess with animals again. I don't know - I can't say never to anything. But today, it's not my intention to do anything with animals.
NP:Well, congratulations on that. Talking of being in good company, I understand you're also a vegan now.
SO:That's right. I love being vegan.
NP:Why vegan as opposed to vegetarian?
SO:I don't know. It's so much healthier and just better in general for everything. As far as a compassionate lifestyle and [it being] healthy for me, for the planet and all the life on it, vegan is really the best way to go. It helps me a lot. I really believe that I'm doing something good for me and for everyone else every time I eat, you know.
NP:I was noticing in the movie you had the disclaimer at the end that said some of the stunts were monitored by the Humane Society, and in the stunts that were monitored no animals were harmed.
SO:Yeah, you know, I'm glad you mentioned that. When we started filming the movie, I felt pretty conflicted about working with animals. I was really aware that it's sort of inconsistent with my lifestyle right now, to do stuff with animals.
I remember it was like the first week or two of filming, and we did that bit in that pen with the ram. My job was to play a trumpet and to have this ram charge with its horns into my nuts. My instincts kicked in and I kept reaching down with my hand, blocking this ram. Nothing that would hurt the ram, but reaching down...the ram was running into my hand.
That was in February. That was over 7 months ago, and my hand has still not healed. The tendons got so messed up. My hand should've probably fully recovered, but it hasn't. I feel like my hand's going to be messed up for the rest of my life.
Every time I shake someone's hand and they're some kind of a macho man dude - like they have something to prove with their strong handshake - it hurts like hell and injures my hand more. I don't think my hand is ever going to get better and I have that as a permanent reminder not to be cruel to animals. You are never going to see me mess with animals again. I don't know - I can't say never to anything. But today, it's not my intention to do anything with animals.