Ellen Pompeo in Playboy’s January 20Q
On her body:
“If I could gain five to 10 pounds, it would probably go straight to my boobs and ass. I would be the happiest girl in Hollywood, trust me. I’d have this sick bod because I’d be the skinny girl with big boobs and a cut butt.”
“Instead I’m paying a trainer $1,000 a week to torture me with weights so I can get bigger. Oh, excuse me, I have to go throw up now.”
On which female celebrity she would like to make out with:
“Ooh! Angelina Jolie. She’s gorgeous. Or Sandra Oh. [laughs] I’d be too afraid of Isaiah Washington’s Dr. Burke, though. I don’t want to be on his bad side.”
On her first job:
“There were probably 10 other slush carts on the street, but mine was the only one with a line of people waiting down the block for my ‘special’ slush. I was given this giant cleaned-out ketchup bottle, and for a couple of dollars extra I would squirt one or two shots into the slush. The cops never bothered me, so I eventually figured out that these guys were connected and I could sell as much special slush as I wanted. Those streets of Boston will definitely teach you the art of the hustle, and I learned it very young.”
On being a bartender:
“I wouldn’t say I was a good drink maker, but I was a very good hustler. I’d abuse the customers, yell and scream at them and make them wait. If they put money down on the bar and it wasn’t enough, I’d go wait on someone else who was giving me enough money. If they put another five down and I made them wait longer, pretty soon there would be $20 on the bar. Then I’d come over and give them a drink.”
