“No one is going to tell a movie star to smoke or not smoke because they can do whatever they want.” Quote by Joe Eszterhas
“Before I would view Rob Reiner as this really annoying pest. Every time he'd come on TV or talking about smoking, I found my blood pressure go up. I just met-really met Rob for the first time last week and told him how much I admire him. He's done more than anyone else in the industry.” FirstsDoneLastsFoundViewsTalkingBloodWeekTvsIndustryMetsFirst TimePressureAdmireSmokingAnnoyingBlood PressurePests Author:Joe Eszterhas
“If they gave a Nobel Peace Prize for work against big tobacco, not just in the industry, but also with the California tax initiative, he really deserves one.” IfsBigsIndustryTaxesDeserveCaliforniaPrizeInitiativeTobaccoNobelNobel Peace Prize Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I love what Joe Eszterhas written about Bill Clinton. It's hilarious, Clinton as a rock star, which is the way we should remember him.” WayShouldRememberStarsWrittenRocksBillsClintonRock Star Author:Chris Matthews
“I began my addiction when I was 12 years old. By the time 40, 45 years later, when it, you know, it threatened my life and maimed me in terms of my voice, I was so addicted that I was smoking four packs of cigarettes a day.” KnowsYearsVoiceTermFourAddictionSmokingCigarettePacksThreatened Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I've seen Joe take on many battles, cancer being one of them, and the determination that he has, and he won't stop, he's not going to make one announcement and write one editorial and go away.” WritingBattleDeterminationCancerGoing AwayEditorialsAnnouncements Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Cigarettes, cigarettes were much tougher. Booze was tough And I had a real drinking problem before as we discovered in the hospital really, but the cigarettes are much tougher and to tell you the truth.” RealProblemToughDrinkingHospitalsCigaretteBoozeDrinking Problem Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I think one of the things that I was struck by was that Joe has the financial wherewithal to go check into some expensive clinic, go into rehab and beat these addictions but he didn't. He sort of designed his own, you know, sort of rehabilitation at home. And anybody could do what he did. When he felt like having a cigarette after he ate, he would get up and walk. At cocktail hour when he used to have a drink and watch the news, he stopped watching the news. He couldn't. He couldn't watch the news and not have a drink and a cigarette. He would walk.” ThinkingKnowsHomeUsedFeltHoursWalksWatchesDrinkNewsBeatsAddictionFinancialChecksGet UpExpensiveCigaretteCocktailsRehabRehabilitationClinic Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I changed my diet completely. You know, I'm from Cleveland, so I've always loved sausage and red meat and all of that stuff, so now I find myself not eating any of that, no red meat, no sausage. It's basically a vegetarian diet with a little bit of fish. I drink quarts of carrot juice, quarts of cranberry juice, endless amounts of water and nothing else.” KnowsLittlesStuffBitsWaterChangedAmountDrinkEatingLittle BitRedFishesEndlessMeatDietsVegetarianJuiceCarrotsSausageClevelandVegetarian DietRed MeatCranberries Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I haven't really spoken to God since I was a boy and I've rediscovered god and prayer in the process and all of that has come together.” TogetherProcessPrayerBoysHavens Author:Joe Eszterhas
“The thing I love about this story [The Killing] and this type of storytelling is that I don't have to know the end before I know the beginning.” KnowsEndsStoriesTypeKillingStorytellingThings I Love Author:Veena Sud