You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
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.
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.
There are certainly a lot of sins to be taken on. To take on smoking and movies is a weighty enough thing, I think, and it's one I've experienced, and it's what's caused me to live in-with my voice maimed for the rest of my life.
In my view, the right to bear arms is in the Constitution for three main reasons: self-protection, community protection, and protection from tyrrany.
I respect most boxers because they're violent people who learned to discipline themselves. . . a good boxer is an artist. . . Boxing is existential - some fights are better than others.
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.
I personally have a major weakness for guys that use musky smelling cologne.