“Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression.” MenShouldCreativeExpressionHollywoodVotersFreedom Of ExpressionDonateCreative Freedom Author:Joe Eszterhas
“All has changed, thanks to Joe Eszterhas' life-threatening battle with throat cancer. He announced in "The New York Times" that he and Hollywood had blood on their hands and now Eszterhas is crusading to stop Hollywood's glamorization of smoking.” HandsBloodNew YorkChangedBattleHollywoodCancerThanksSmokingThroatThreateningNew York TimesThroat Cancer Author:Joe Eszterhas
“What Hollywood has done through the years is glamorized it even more, made it sexy, made it sensuous, and dwelled on those pleasure aspects, completing ignoring the fact that Hollywood as an industry, was pointing the gun at young people - pointing a gun at them when they were 12 to 14 years.” PeopleYearsMadeDoneFactsYoungPleasureIndustryGunAspectHollywoodSexyMade ItPointingThrough The YearsSensuousCompleting Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I think that Hollywood is sort of guilty of having a moral blind eye on this subject. While at the same time, you know, being involved in a lot of liberal causes and being involved very militantly, Hollywood is, in fact, guilty of helping to addict people to smoke.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFactsHelpingEyeCausesMoralSubjectsInvolvedHollywoodBlindGuiltySmokeAddictBlind Eyes Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I always try to do true endings and that's where I got into trouble always because Hollywood wants to do happy endings.” WantTryingTroubleHollywoodHappy Endings Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.” PeopleIfsShowsTermResponsibilityMoralCreativeHollywoodArguingSmokingCensorshipThreateningCreative PeopleMoral Responsibility Author:Joe Eszterhas
“A cigarette in the hands of a Hollywood star onscreen is a gun aimed at a 12- or 14-year-old.” YearsHandsStarsGunHollywoodCigaretteHollywood Stars Author:Joe Eszterhas
“And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet.” KnowsGivingWaitingVoiceOpinionFocusGroupsHollywoodScriptsExecutivesPollsConsensusCabinetsDynamicsSaying NothingOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Joe Eszterhas
