Trivia: Forest Whitaker plays Cyrus Cole, father of Thomas "Rashid" Cole (Harold Perrineau). In real life, Whitaker is only two years older than Perrineau.
Smoke (1995)
Directed by: Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Giancarlo Esposito, Stephen Gevedon, Jose Zuniga
Paul Benjamin: Slow down, huh?
Auggie Wren: That's what I recommend. You know how it is. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. Time creeps in its petty pace.
Auggie Wren: If it happens it happens. If it doesn't it doesn't. You understand what I'm sayin'? You never know what's gonna happen next. And the moment you think you do, that's the moment you don't know a goddamn thing. This is what we call a paradox. Are ya following me?
Jimmy Rose: Yeah, I follow ya Auggie. Um, when you don't know nuthin' it's like paradise. I know what that is. That's after you're dead, and you go up to heaven and you sit with the angels.
Paul Benjamin: If you're gonna die, what's more important, and good book or a good smoke? So he smoked his book.
