A lot of the stuff that we say about drugs is just wrong.
There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies.
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.
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.
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.
The-one of the odd things that's going on with smoking these days is that in the '90s, smoking at movies in the '90s, there were more movies showing smoking than there were in the '60s.
I was surprised by how warm the response was, even among studio heads, who said they really, we do have to do something about glamourization of smoking.
Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be.
There is a time to dance to techno and a time not to.
The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.
If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.