Read all about it in a memoir by Michael Tolkin here.

Money Quote:

IS NO ONE GOING TO SAY that Robert Altman was a great pothead? Let me, then. Robert Altman was a great pothead. In the war on drugs, he won. To look at his work without thinking about marijuana’s specific gifts and poisons . . . umm . . . specific . . . What was I saying? Oh. Right. Altman. Robert Altman. I met him, did I tell you that already?

I read and laughed at the whole thing.  Tolkin is a screenwriter who did “The Player” with Altman.

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