Addiction and Actors
Actors' quotes about addictions
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The section covers actors and directors' quotes about addiction to drugs, alcohol, shopping and sex. The reasons that turn celebrities into addicts or make them engage in peculiar behavior are many. We explore their cravings and obsessions through their famous words.
“My worst habit used to be smoking but I quit.”
“Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.”
“I've never done drugs. That's because I saw this stuff literally every day when I was 3 or 4 years old.”
“Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.”
“You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.”
“Food is a passion. Food is love.”
“Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.”
“Today was tomorrow yesterday so don't inhale.”
“The only thing I've ever been addicted to in my life is sugar.”
“If we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success.”
“If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.”
“I like my whisky old and my women young.”
“It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture.”
“You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.”
“The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.”
“Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.”
“Drugs? Everyone has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.”
“Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live with, coffee is life.”
“I stopped smoking cigarettes. Isn't that something? I'm on to cigars now.”
“Is there a rehab center for Coke drinkers? I drink six to eight cans a day.”
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