August: Osage County Film Clip

[Chris Cooper as Charles Aiken] So I'm curious. When you say you don't eat meat, you mean you don't eat meat of any kind? [Abigail Breslin as Jean Fordham] Right. >>Is that for health reasons or—? Well, when you eat meat, you ingest an animal's fear. [Meryl Streep as Violet Weston] Ingest what? Its fur? >>Fear. [laughter] What'd she say? I thought she said— >>[chattering] How do you do that? You can't eat fear. >>Sure you can. I mean, what happens to you when you feel afraid? Doesn't your body produce all sorts of chemical reactions? I don't know. Does it? >>[Benedict Cumberbatch as Charles Aiken] It does. So when you eat meat, you're ingesting all of that fear that the animal felt when it was slaughtered to make food. [as Charles] Right. You mean I've been eating fear, what, 3 times a day for 60 years? [laughter] [Margo Martindale as Mattie Fae Aiken] This one won't have a meal that doesn't have meat in it. [as Charles] Well, I guess it was just the way I was raised, but somehow it doesn't seem like a legitimate meal unless there's some meat somewhere. [laughter] Oh! >>[as Mattie Fae] What is it? >>[clearing throat] >>What is it? [as Charles] Dad? >>[groaning] >>[Juliette Lewis as Karen Weston] Are you okay, Uncle Charlie? [groaning] I got a big bite of fear. [laughing] [laughter] Fear never tasted so good! >>Oh, you!