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I always try to do true endings and that's where I got into trouble always because Hollywood wants to do happy endings.

Joe Eszterhas

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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
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Always
Endings
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Trouble
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