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I do want to make a special appeal to women movie stars to, I think, have a special responsibility these days to stop smoking, not to do it up on screen because the example that's being set is really an awful example.
Joe Eszterhas
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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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