The Sex Appeal of Big-Ass Dogs:
Interviewer: In many ways Brian De Palma seems like an ideal choice as director of The Black Dahlia.
James Ellroy: Yeah, he’s a sexual-obsession guy. He’s fucked-up about women like me. I’m really fucked-up about women. But you know what? I dig it. Are you fucked-up about women?
Interviewer: Pretty much, yeah.
James Ellroy: It’s a blast. Scared, tormented. You want mom, you want a hooker. One of the things I’ve come to realize is you’ve got to get a woman with a dog. I got divorced recently, and I had a deep, dark, obsessive thing with a woman in San Francisco. But I want the new woman, whoever she is, to have a dog.
Interviewer: Any type of dog in particular?
James Ellroy: A big-ass, good-looking dog. Like an Akita or a pit bull, so when the woman’s out of the bed you can curl up with the dog, talk to the dog about the woman.
Interviewer: Not one of those tiny dogs people carry around?
James Ellroy: No. I want a pit. A pit that uses some nigger voice. Says, “Hey Ellroy, let’s get some bitches.” A big dog.
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