What could possibly bring Jeremy Piven to his knees? Fish. In the August issue of Men’s Fitness, the “Entourage” star recalls his infamous mercury poisoning incident.
“I haven’t touched a piece of fish in nine months, and I’ve finally taken a break,” he says of the days following his illness, which led him to leave his Broadway stint in “Speed-the-Plow.”
“If you don’t balance your life, you’re going to be brought to your knees —that’s basically what happened to me.”
Since then, Piven has taken up yoga. “[My preconception was] you have to wear a leotard,” he jokes. “I mean, do you have to wear a bindi and hold incense?” But now, he credits lotus poses and downward facing dogs for giving him the calm to play Ari Gold on the TV show. “Ari’s got some quick-twitch anger,” Piven says. “To do that repeatedly, you have to come from a place of stillness.”
Namaste, Jeremy!
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