My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority.
Dylan McDermottMost of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.
Dylan McDermottI don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid.
Dylan McDermottDark Blue is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change.
Dylan McDermottStyle is innate to who I am. My father gave me a picture the other day. I must have been about seven, and I had on wing-tip shoes and some cool pants. I thought, 'Wow!'
Dylan McDermottI believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryanโs work. Like Andy, Ryanโs finger is so on the pulse of culture that heโs ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar.
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