Jeremy Piven: I Haven't Had Fish In 11 Months, I Feel Like A Different Person

Longtime mercury poisoning sufferer and alarmist Jeremy Piven is answering questions from his fans all around the world!

In the new issue of TIME, Piven responds to reader-submitted questions about his relationship with Ari Emanuel, his ever-changing amount of hair and his how his fish-free diet has changed his life. Here are some highlights.

You can read the entire TIME story here.

On David Mamet's quip that he left 'Speed-the-Plow' to become a thermometer:

It was one of the great joys of my life to be on Broadway and to do his words. It's a very funny line, and you would expect nothing less from David Mamet.

On the joys of not eating sushi:

I haven't had a piece of fish of any kind in 11 months. My mercury levels have gone down from just below 60 to 3 now. I feel like a different person.

On his favorite of his many hairstyles:

Smokin' Aces. I've never had so much hair in my life. It was the only time I'd worn a wig, and it was a brilliant one.

You can watch the TIME video here.

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Comments

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

buried

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

whopping

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

cheater

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

Afghani

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

Fraud

[SwingingFromCenter]

01:15 PM on 09/08/2009

Iranian

[unfettered]

11:46 AM on 08/25/2009

Too bad he isn't a different person.

[Steamboater]

04:24 PM on 08/24/2009

'I haven't had a piece of fish of any kind in 11 months. I feel like a different person."

Of course. That what happens when you come out of the closet. :)

[LiberalBuzz]

07:13 PM on 08/24/2009

Took me a second...........:-)

[american-dolt]

09:10 AM on 08/24/2009

He is on the "Twinkies" only diet now

[imaxfli]

08:22 AM on 08/24/2009

You can Chelate with supplements to get Mercury out of your system....In California many Naturopaths know how, I am sure Mr.P has a good one.

[RandyJones]

08:27 AM on 08/24/2009

I think the fish want to get him out of their system.

[RandyJones]

08:17 AM on 08/24/2009

I hope your new diet gives you some talent.

[imaxfli]

08:01 AM on 08/24/2009

Mercury contamination/sickness from Fish consumption is REAL, here is Wisconsin they recommend pregnant woman only eat one meal a MONTH of larger gamefish and these are fish like Walleyes caught in clean/pristine Northern lakes...the Mercury gets in the food chain from the burning of coal in coal fueled power plants and the big metal smelters in Canada.

[walruswheedchick]

01:57 AM on 08/25/2009

Yeah, it is real. If youre lucky enough to pick the right fish with the right mercury amount and if you eat 8 to 10 or more (daily) of the right fish with the right amount of mercury to poison you.

I cannot believe that he is still sticking to his BS story of fish poisoning.

[Jason Wolfe]

08:20 PM on 08/23/2009

Why does eveyone wants this guy's career to "sleep with the fish?" I think he's good.

[TheBaffler]

09:47 PM on 08/22/2009

He maintains a half-beard to obscure his flabby jowes. His talent is even flabbier. There is, unfortunately, nothing that can hide that.

[TheBaffler]

09:48 PM on 08/22/2009

Jowls, not jowes.

[Agentlady007]

12:53 PM on 08/22/2009

Oh come on. The chances of getting mercury in fish is slim to none. I haven't had meat in a month and I feel like a different person. Talk about a lack of hormones. Next is bread. I will tell you how that goes in a month when I am down a dress size or two..