“Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends” by John Leguizamo
Extremely candid and in many parts funny autobiography by the actor. He talks
about how he was shaped by his parents into what he was. His father who left the mother seemed to always withhold approval of John. For example, he disapproves of John’s acting career. This, he believed, fueled his drive to be successful. He mentions
the all important obsession on losing ones virginity in adolescence and how it bonded all the (presumably straight) boys from different backgrounds in the neighborhood. At various points, he clarifies that
he’s not gay, and piles the hate on River Phoenix for stealing his girl, even though he knows River is dead now. Leguizamo is not a nice guy really, but the book is at least somewhat interesting.
