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Joe Eszterhas Quotes

Hungarian - Writer | November 23, 1944 -

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

Country Trouble Still Six Came Had

I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking.

Brother Think Smoking Kind Big Used

I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.

Change Idiot Way Write Screen Sure

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

Loyalty Writing Never Producer Head

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

God Bond My Own Head Own Religious

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Past Director Prime Her Writer Read

I always wanted to be a rock'n'roll star.

Always Star Wanted

From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better.

Stars Performance Think Better Smoke

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

Success Stars Things Still Like Our

Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.

Life Good Time Me Writing Chance

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.

Focus Politics Waiting Saying Voice

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