(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
“It started out like most; totally random. Through a friend. In Los Angeles. I 74-75. I had no money, so I was living with a gay guy just then. And he said, "Can't we go see the amazing movie, Iggy?" And took me to the Los Angeles premiere of Pink flamingos. I witnessed Divine's arrival – with a garbage truck. A garbage truck that drove up in front of the New York Theater and out came "Well, I am Divine." It was excellent theater. I was very impressed. And a group called The Psycho Sluts warmed up before the movie. They were makeup, upset men in leather corsets. 15 cm high heels, cock-rings and so on. Great show. You know. Motorcycles and everything. But it was good. Very good. And I loved the movie. Since then I have acquired everything he has made. Also the old fabric. And I have to say that when Divine sentenced people to death for "assholism," I felt no irony, it was like Iggy screaming – "Yeah, death to the assholes!" It felt good. I liked it.
"I met John Waters at a movie theater in New York in 1988. I'm a big fan and he told me he liked my music. I thought; I have to work with that guy! And John said – Don't worry Iggy, I'll find something for you. ”(Iggy imitates John's voice and laughs.)
“I was really happy for the role Cry Baby. Previously, I had been offered all kinds of dopa rock'n'roll monsters. Here was one that gave me a role that suited my own age. I got to have family, something I also have in reality. I got to play the patriarch of nice people that I admire. And for once, I had to fit in, instead of always dropping out.
“I studied the coal mining dialects in Kentucky. Tapes from strikes and the like, because these people had personality, and I could spend my own childhood because I grew up in a trailer camp, among hillbillys. "
