David Lynchhas enjoyed smoking for nearly a lifetime, but his habit has caused some serious health issues.
“It can bite you.
I took a chance, and I got bit.”
David Lynch.Steve Granitz/WireImage
Steve Granitz/WireImage
Lynch wasn’t able to fully kick cigarettes until two years after his diagnosis.
“I could hardly move without gasping for air.
Quitting was my only choice.”
David Lynch in 2019.Michael Kovac/FilmMagic
“It’s tough living with emphysema,” Lynch said.
“I can hardly walk across a room.
It’s like you’re walking around with a plastic bag around your head.”
Lynch also revealed that he rarely leaves the house at this point.
“I never really liked going out before, so it’s a nice excuse,” he joked.
“I don’t regret it.
It was important to me.
I wish what every addict wishes for: that what we love is good for us.”
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He continued, “I loved the smell of tobacco, the taste of tobacco.
I loved lighting cigarettes.
It was part of being a painter and a filmmaker for me.”
“It was a part of life.
Some characters would be smokers, just like in real life.”
But he hopes his story will inspire other smokers to quit before it’s too late.
“I really wanted to get this across: Think about it.
you might quit these things that are going to end up killing you,” he said.
“I owe it to them and to myself to say that.”
An occasional actor, Lynch made his last screen appearance in a one-scene performance inSteven Spielberg’sThe Fabelmansin 2022.
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