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23 quotes by Joe Eszterhas

József A. "Joe" Eszterhas (Hungarian: Eszterhas József; pronounced [ˈjoːʒɛf ˈɛstɛrhɒʃ]; born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian-American writer, offspring of the aristocratic House of Esterházy. He has worked on 16 films that have grossed approximately one billion dollars. He has also written several non-fiction books, including an autobiography entitled Hollywood Animal.
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Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

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I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

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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... →

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

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I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

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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.

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That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

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There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies.

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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... →

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Now on a personal level with things like the California Tax Commission... I really think if people started banding together and saying no to this it... →

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From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one... →

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The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

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

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