An Interview with Dita Von Teese

A Suicide Girls interview with Dita Von Teese

On going through a divorce or bad breakup:
I guess the best advice I have is to accept the pain and to know that it’s part of the risk we take in loving. Inevitably we learn from heartbreak and we recover, and hopefully emerge ready to become a better partner for someone new.
In the midst of a hellacious heartbreak, I work my ass off to stay occupied, and I try to imagine myself further down the line when I’m right again, and in love again. I’ve been through enough heartache to know that we don’t ever die from it, and we always find someone better suited to us. And I personally force myself to think hard about what I did wrong and try to get my revenge by being a better person for someone new. My revenge is always based in living well and trying to be better.

On her recent move to Paris:
I love it. It’s beautiful. I’ve traveled the world and I still can’t find anything nearly as beautiful.
I’m really happy that I finally did it. I realized one day when I was talking to an old friend from 15 years ago; I mentioned I wanted to live in Paris and he reminded me I said that way back when. So I was like, “What am I waiting for? Why am I afraid?” I just did it.

On her upcoming film project Mata Hari:
It’s an amazing script, and I would love to play Mata Hari… I don’t really have any interest in acting unless it’s in films I would actually like to see, so I pass on most of the acting projects that come my way. I really like being true to myself and doing what I do. I have no problem being content to be a burlesque dancer. I didn’t do it as a stepping stone to “bigger” things, I did it because I love it.

On scandal:
A stranger recently tried to blackmail me to buy back some love letters I wrote to a boyfriend 15 years ago, and I said, “Feel free to sell them on eBay if you want. What do I care if people find out that I’m romantic!”
That’s one downfall of fame, I get lots of people that want to extort money from me to buy things that they think — hope — will be scandalous for me. Really, what could be scandalous for me? I’m a burlesque dancer!

Read the full interview here.

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