I always try to do true endings and that's where I got into trouble always because Hollywood wants to do happy endings.
Joe EszterhasNow the cigarette companies claim that they don't do that [ pay to have their product advertised in movies ] anymore, although it certainly makes you wonder a bit when an independent production like "In The Bedroom", you know, seems to focus constantly on Marlboros and almost it turns into a Marlboro ad, whether there was any money exchanged.
Joe EszterhasI 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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