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Don't smoke. Don't kill yourselves. Don't maim yourselves. Tell your friends. Please don't smoke.
Joe Eszterhas
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Joe Eszterhas
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 23
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Now the cigarette companies claim that they don't do that [ pay to have their product advertised in movies ] anymore, although it certainly makes you wonder a bit when an independent production like In The Bedroom, you know, seems to focus constantly on Marlboros and almost it turns into a Marlboro ad, whether there was any money exchanged.
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I will focus on smoking in movies and with the amount of time that I have left in the world, I will do the best I can to stop smoking in movies and also to help people stop smoking, just normal ordinary people who may need help.
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Actors always loved props and-so instead of a hat or an umbrella, they feel really comfortable with a cigarette as a prop.
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That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.
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I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.
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