What Joe Eszterhas has said about Basic Instinct
4 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 3, 2026
Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter, author and former Rolling Stone journalist known for Basic Instinct, Showgirls and Flashdance, has been quoted on Basic Instinct 4 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on June 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Eszterhas said his title for the planned third Basic Instinct film is Basic Instinct Jezebel.
“But this would be 3, and my title for it is Basic Instinct Jezebel”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 4:21
Eszterhas said he wrote Basic Instinct alone in Hawaii while using cocaine.
“I wrote it in Hawaii. I went off to Hawaii by myself. I let the sun beat me up. I snorted some Coke”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 6:41
Eszterhas said the Basic Instinct script drew bids from everyone and sold for a record $3 million.
“Everybody bid on it. It wound up selling for a record $3 million”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 7:53
Eszterhas said critic Camille Paglia came around to calling Basic Instinct a post-feminist classic.
“It's a post-feminist classic, she says, and it's about women who don't have to hide their sexuality”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2508 - Joe Eszterhas (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 9:59
Episodes
#2508 - Joe EszterhasThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 3, 2026 · 2 h 18 min
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tells Joe Rogan about writing Basic Instinct, his friendship with Hunter S. Thompson, his Christian faith, the Shroud of Turin, ICE and encounters with music legends.
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