Julianne Moore Became A Better Person After She Quit Smoking!

As someone who is attempting to finish up with my deadly tobacco habit – yes, again – and who also happens to be four days clean and feeling smug (well, as smug as one can be when also suffering from what feels like a fifth bout of cataids this winter, and coughing up a lung every two minutes), I felt an incredible bond with Julianne Moore after learning her decision to end her addiction led to her becoming the incredible person she is today, or something along those lines.

Actress Julianne Moore credits her decision to quit smoking for an emotional awakening that has made her a better actress and person.

The Hours star quit 15 years ago and recalls the impact it had on her life.

She tells Parade magazine, “I began to see the most clearly… I was 31 or 32, and I quit smoking. I was so emotional.

“I had been so unhappy, and I realised that I had just been… literally stuffing it back with those cigarettes in my mouth. I felt like I woke up suddenly.”

JUST LIKE ME, JULIANNE!

Man, I can’t wait until I get through a whole week without smoking so I can start getting all spiritual and shit. I dreamed last night that I had a cigarette whilst drinking with friends, but then again, I also dreamed last night that I was in charge of protecting Brat Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s children from tigers in the kitchen, so it’s hardly as though my nighttime predictions are to be trusted.

Julianna Moore, you are my inspiration. Also, late forties? Amazing.