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What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink? I don't know.

— Sterling Hayden On his heavy drinking during the filming of Leuchtturm des Chaos (1983)

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Source: On his heavy drinking during the filming of Leuchtturm des Chaos (1983) [Pharos of Chaos or Lighthouse of Chaos], a documentary on his life and career.
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