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| • | "she says, pausing for a long pull on her Marlboro", Philadelphia Magazine, Aug. '98, p. 199 |
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| • | three things she will not leave home without: journal and 2 packs of cigarettes, GQ Magazine, Sep. '98, p. 358 |
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| • | "dragging on one of the cigarettes that give her a 'Janis Joplin-style' karaoke voice", "takes another slow drag on her cigarette", Details Magazine, May '99, p. 113 |
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| • | "awash in the bright light of the morning sun, Maria settles into her seat and immediately orders a coffee while lighting a cigarette", Razor Magazine, Nov. '03
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| • | "'I'm thanking my lucky stars.' And why is she so lucky? Clean living? 'Yeah, clean living,' she laughs. 'I like to smoke, and drink Scotch'", Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 19, '04 |
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| • | quit - "On a recent muggy afternoon, Bello is being handed her first cup of coffee in three weeks. She's also been off cigarettes for the same time period, but it has nothing to do with her upcoming tobacco-bashing comedy, 'Thank You for Smoking,' which also was screened at the Toronto festival. 'I've been doing a body cleanse. Every year I do a full body cleanse. The headaches and withdrawal are intense'", San Antonio Express-News, Oct. 2, '05 |
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| • | "9/11 has special significance for Maria Bello... We were at a hotel on the Upper West Side, and I was at a newsstand', Bello recalls, 'getting a pack of cigarettes. A woman turned to me and said, I haven t smoked for 11 years, but can you give me a cigarette? I asked her why, and she said a plane just flew into the World Trade Center'", Quincy (Mass.) Patriot-Ledger, Aug. 5, '06 |
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| • | "smoked cigarette after cigarette without apology", New York Times, Aug. 6, '06
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| • | "I walked out to get a pack of cigarettes at the newsstand", Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 6, '06
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| • | "Maria bought everyone in the crew a cute little dish as a souvenir of the shoot. What did she call them as she handed them out? A. A saucer. B. An ashtray. C. A metaphysical repository. Answer: b. She may talk about vibrating, but she's not that new age-y. She is, however, a smoker. She told me she plans to quit, but who knows? I interviewed two different actresses who smoke and they both told me their unhealthiest habit was not drinking enough water. With Maria Bello? None of that. She is a straight shooter all the way. Not only does she admit to smoking, but she buys me an ashtray", Self, Aug. 29, '06
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| • | "I was eating hotdogs and drinking wine and smoking cigarettes every night.", This Is Nottingham (UK), Aug. 1, '08
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| • | quit - "Bello called in a hypnotherapist to help her stop smoking and still can't believe she has kicked her longtime nicotine addiction. The star is convinced she has finally kicked the bad habit... she's stunned how quickly she's snapped out of her addiction. She explains, 'I quit for a year, started again for a month, and then... I went to a hypnotist - and now I'm not smoking", Contact Music, Nov. 25, '09
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| • | "I started smoking a little bit again. I did. I quit and then I started a little bit. Just like 4, 5 a day. Which is big for me. And I owe Jack, my kid, money for that and he finds out every time I have a cig or curse, I owe him $5. I owe him like $300. And $20 bucks a day for my smoking. ... Everyone smokes in Paris... I'm not trying to promote smoking here", Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jun. 21, '10
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| • | "Maria Bello has started smoking again, just months after kicking her longtime nicotine addiction. The health-conscious 'Coyote Ugly' star, 43, thought she had managed to quit for good last November after undergoing a series of hypnotherapy sessions. She said, 'I quit for a year, started again for a month, and then... I went to a hypnotist - and now I'm not smoking. It's my one horrible addiction. You can't believe it's working because you think, 'This is ridiculous, it's not going to work...' And then it works.' But Bello admits she has since slipped back into her old routine and now the bad habit is costing her big - because she agreed to pay her nine-year-old son Jack cash every time she is caught with a cigarette, or whenever she swears. She says, 'I started smoking a little bit again. I quit and now it's like four or five (cigarettes) a day. And I owe Jack money for that - every time he sees a cigarette in my purse and everytime I curse. I owe him like, $300!'", Starpulse, Jun. 22, '10
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| • | same, Contactmusic, Jun. 22, '10
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| • | "She took a slow drag from a cigarette - yes, she's been trying to quit, having most recently tried hypnosis", New York Times, May 1, '11
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| • | "I smoke a gazillion cigarettes a day", Chicago Sun-Times, May 29, '11
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| • | "Maria Bello recalled a scene on the set of Prime Suspect when she had to run all the way around a reservoir after having 'five pieces of pizza, a hot dog, 500 cigarettes, chocolate cake'. She must have been exaggerating, right? Well, it was her birthday. ... 'I smoke a lot, drink a lot of red wine, coffee, that helps with the slimness,' Bello said with a laugh.", Toronto Sun, Aug. 2, '11
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| • | "Maria Bello recalled a scene on the set of Prime Suspect when she had to run all the way around a reservoir after having 'five pieces of pizza, a hot dog, 500 cigarettes, chocolate cake'.", Ottawa Sun, Aug. 2, '11
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| • | quit - "5th day of no smoking and I don't want to shoot anyone", Philadelphia Inquirer, Sep. 14, '11
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