Bette Davis had a phrase that called it "cigarette smoking acting" .

I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.

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.

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

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.

I started making a point earlier that women's cancer rates are skyrocketing, and we have some women movie stars, young women movie stars, who are smoking in many of their movies.

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