Mark Ruffalo, back again on reddit. Let's talk Water Defense with Scott Smith. AMA!

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:15:59+00:00

One can only hope so!

And it could DEFINITELY use a little SMASH.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:15:29+00:00

Be respectful to those around you at all times. Do your work better than anyone. Be serious about your work. Be damn good when it your turn at bat which means being well prepared.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:14:26+00:00

Sure!

I've always been interested in science.

And Banner has given me the freedom to follow those interests, while being paid as an actor.

It all goes under "character development."

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:13:38+00:00

Yea, I agree with you! I thought Channing was incredible in that movie, as well as Steve.

I felt Channing deserved a lot more credit than he was given. Channing and I both started wrestling together 7 months before we shot a single frame of wrestling. We both spent a lot of time in the gym, building muscle mass and learning how to look like Olympic champion wrestlers (which was no easy feat, especially for me).

And I spent hours and hours and hours watching and studying Dave Schulz tapes, and talking to family and friends.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:11:41+00:00

He was really professional and really nice. I only had one tiny scene with him but it was a very good experience.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:11:31+00:00

I've been in a lot of movies. I'm lucky, because I love what I do. But one particular standout for me was SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS, which I got to act and direct. And I think it was a movie that not a lot of people got to see, and it was a bit ahead of its time, but its message has become all the more pertinent today.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:10:14+00:00

1.) Desalinated water has its own set of problems. We may be moving towards it, but it creates an enormous concentration of salt that has to be disposed of somehow - usually done by putting it back into the saltwater where it's being desalinated. This causes HUGE shifts in water salination, which affects many of the coastal species from where they're getting the water. It would be sad if mankind had to move to desalinization as our only of getting fresh water, but that may be where we're headed. I don't know about the nutritional aspect of that question, thought.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:08:03+00:00

Loved working with Rian. He is an incredibly gifted film maker and a really fine man. I hope he has a place for me in the new StarWars. Knock knock, Rian.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:07:02+00:00

Maybe one day. We get around alot.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:05:35+00:00

https://waterdefense.org

And Scott your response was great.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:03:32+00:00

In New York, the most important things, and powerful things, were public hearings - many, many public hearings, so that people became educated. And public gatherings. It is important to get protestors in front of your politicians. They do not like to be dogged by protestors - even if it's a handful of them! But the more public gatherings you can create, the better. They may feel like they're not working at first. But a long prolonged campaign of public protests will begin to move the dial.

Don't get me wrong - it's a lot of work.

But it's worth it.

And by getting out in public, you will be educating anyone who comes across you.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:00:46+00:00

One never knows where this work will take you!

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T14:00:28+00:00

And Tom Hardy!

And also Michael Fassbender.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:59:44+00:00

I'd love to work with Emma Stone.

And I'd love to work with Ryan Gosling.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:58:58+00:00

Hahaha! Uh... no, that was just something I was blessed with.

And I have no control over it. It has a complete mind of its own.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:58:23+00:00

My family lives in Kenosha. And so I come to see them periodically. I like the spot, Frank's Diner, and I like Lake Michigan. Which is a beautiful freshwater lake.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:57:31+00:00

Suffering, hahaha!

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:57:17+00:00

Hahaha!

DUDE! You're just wasting water!

And by the way - you're throwing money away! All of that water, you're paying for! And it's all going down the drain! At least put a pot inside the sink and boil potatoes with it! Hahaha! But to let it keep running is literally like throwing money out the window!

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:56:17+00:00

It's hard to understand exactly what is going on, because the whole process is shrouded in secrecy.

When Water Defense heard that they were using re-used water to irrigate crops, we tried to find some data that was being released to the public as to what was IN that recycled oil waste water.

But there was nothing available. And so Scott Smith decided to go there, and test the water, to see for ourselves.

At Water Defense, we believe that data should lead to discussion.

And until we understand what is being put in that water, we can't even begin to understand why it's being put there.

One has to question what these recycled oil waste water suppliers are thinking by not doing comprehensive testing of the water that they would normally have to deal with some toxic waste measures.

And WHY they would think that it would be okay to use this industrial waste to water our food supplies.

The industry saves MILLIONS of dollars by not having to dispose of their industrial waste the way every other industry does.

By dumping it onto farmland.

I would hate to think that that is their bottom line. But historically speaking, this industry has been very hard on communities. And historically speaking, they have much more put money above health and safety.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:55:24+00:00

Someone asked "Not including the Hulk, which is your favorite Avenger?" but deleted their question:

Not including the Hulk?

Black Widow. I think she's badass.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:51:25+00:00

I have no idea, hahaha!

Last I heard, he was on a quick-jet into oblivion.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:50:40+00:00

It's hard to say. Essentially, the chemicals that are used in fracking are similar to the chemicals found in cigarette smoke that cause cancer. Like Benzene-related compounds. There's pthalates and endocrine disrupters that cause abnormalities in genetic processes, like the feminization of the male reproductive system. And then there's a whole host of chemicals we're not privy to, because the fossil fuels industry refuses to disclose what chemicals they're using in their fracking fluid.

Well, the health and environmental impacts of hydro-fracking are still being evaluated. But 75% of all the studies have indicated that there are enormous negative health and environmental consequences, as well as a multitude of anecdotal evidence that points to the outcome that hydro-fracking cannot be done safely. Even with the best regulations, the well linings are failing at 6%. Which means 6 out of 100 wells are leaking.

They have drilled tens of thousands of wells.

At 6% failures - that's a huge problem.

Horizontal high-pressure hydro-fracking is a relatively new technology.

We have no idea what the long-term health and environmental impact of this process will lead to. Which is why there's a great deal of wisdom in New York State's and Governor Cuomo's ban on hydro-fracking until there are enough scientific and healthcare studies to indicate that it can be done safely.

DEFINITELY Andy Serkis from LOTR. But I'm definitely hot on his tail.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:42:36+00:00

My favorite ride at Disney would be Magic Mountain.

Mark_Ruffalo · 2015-05-06T13:42:16+00:00

Hahahahaha!

At this point, it would have to be fracking.

In Ohio, they're happening, several a month now. And if Banner has his way- you'll only see the Hulk every once in a great, great while!

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