Russell Crowe

Yeah.

That's how much of a nicotine addict I am, mate.

He was chewing tobacco on normal flights.

Well, there's the funny thing, though, right, with somebody sort of said to me once, and it's a true thing, is like, you know, when you haven't had a cigarette for a while and you get a craving, right, that's all you have to deal with.

right that's it right at that moment yeah it's not like other things right that might you know get deeper and harder and more difficult or whatever it's only ever gonna be that craving so you just have to sort of walk past it and you know

In the times when I've tried to give up, what I've found is that my brain doesn't work the way I want it to work.

I find it quite hard to make decisions.

And so it's sort of like I've had experiences where, you know, for an extended period of time I'm in this battle of trying to completely get rid of it out of my life.

But all of these other things are being negatively affected because I'm not making decisions.

My businesses are starting to wobble.

My bank account is not looking good.

And so I've just gone, fuck it.

Get everything back in line.

Yeah, well, as we said in that film, it breaks through that blood-brain barrier.

That's why it's so addictive and so hard.

Yeah, and I'm feeling it, man.

At the age of 60, having smoked since I was a kid, 100% know it's like a short course for me.

I smoked in the ring.

There's photographs.

I had a guy because you can't take your gloves off.