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(Friday)
I mean, what's the use
of having a beautiful body
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and beautiful breasts
or a beautiful cock
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if nobody sees it all?
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(Greenfield-Sanders)
25 years ago, I started taking
large-format portraits
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with an antique view camera
in my East Village studio.
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My first subjects
were New York artists.
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Soon I was asked
to shoot actors
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and then musicians,
writers,
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and eventually even presidents.
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Now I have a new subject:
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porn stars.
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Copyright: 2004
Home Box Office, Inc.
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(Peaches)
♪ Here it comes. ♪
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[techno music]
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♪ ♪
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(Patrick)
You can't just
come in this business
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and think that you're gonna make
millions of dollars.
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(Peaches)
♪ I like the innocent type,
deer in the headlight, ♪
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♪ rocking me all night, ♪
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♪ flexing his might,
doing it right, ♪
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♪ keeping me tight, ♪
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♪ taking a bite
out of the peach tonight. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Only double-A,
thinking triple-X. ♪
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♪ Only double-A,
thinking triple-X. ♪
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♪ Only double-A,
thinking triple-X. ♪
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♪ Only double-A. ♪ ♪
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(Adams)
Everybody's fucking someone
to get somewhere in life.
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We're just doing it on film.
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♪ ♪
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(Wattleton)
When you look at the range
of pornography
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and the different characters
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who have chosen the profession
of pornography,
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just who are these people,
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and why are they
so inaccessible to us?
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We seem never to tire
of looking at naked bodies.
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That is true.
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(Greenfield-Sanders)
I'd been thinking about shooting
porn stars for a while,
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and particularly nude,
because I'd never shot nudes.
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And I imagine
that these are people
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who would be comfortable nude.
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This is a mock-up
for the book.
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I've asked 15 writers
to contribute essays...
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Nancy Friday, Gore Vidal,
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Lou Reed--
all these different voices.
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And then it kind of leads
into the portraits,
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which are gonna be clothed
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and then nude portraits
of each porn star
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in the exact same pose,
like Goya.
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And it's funny,
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because when you see porn stars
in their everyday clothes,
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it's almost more startling
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than the way
the world knows you,
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which is naked, I guess.
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(Samson)
I worked at Scores,
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the gentlemen club
in Manhattan,
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before I started making movies,
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and my husband really wanted me
to make a movie
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for a wedding present,
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and I was appalled at the idea
at first.
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Closed.
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22 1/2.
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Great.
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And that's beautiful.
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Just stand like that.
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Chin up slightly.
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[camera clicks]
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(Samson)
But then the more
I thought about it,
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the more I watched,
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the more I got turned on
by the idea.
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And I figured, like,
no one would ever find out,
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and I could do it and get
this little fantasy over with.
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But I got porn fever, so...
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[laughs]
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(Jane)
I chose to be in this industry,
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because I am comfortable
with my sexuality
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and performing on film.
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I was very sexually aware
at a very young age.
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And 16 was more
watching pornos myself.
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18--wanting to be a porn star,
just not knowing how.
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I'm choosing to make myself
a sex symbol.
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(Lynn)
I think every girl
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defines herself differently
as a porn star.
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I don't live the lifestyle
of a porn star.
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I look at it as a business,
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so I'm just an actress
having sex on camera.
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But some girls are, you know,
addicted to sex.
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I'm not one of those.
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I can turn on and off
really easy.
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(Greenfield-Sanders)
So just the way you are
is wonderful.
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(Michaels)
You can have some redeeming,
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credible presentation
of sex in America
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even though it's through porn.
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Remember,
if you're nude,
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you won't have pockets,
so maybe--
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what happens if you fold
your arms in front?
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(Michaels)
Because I love women,
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and you don't degrade
something you love.
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In the old days, you know,
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it was more about people
who really enjoyed sex.
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A female, you know,
if she enjoys her sexuality
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and it comes across like that,
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she is a sex goddess.
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But if she's there looking
at her watch and her nails
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while she's doing double anal,
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people are like,
"Well, she's just a slut,
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and she needs to be
on some street corner,"
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because, you know,
it's not about that.
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It's about art, in a way,
and enjoying--
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Okay, it's art--
the art of fucking.
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(Hartley)
I got into porno
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because I grew up
in a time and a place
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where I was told
I could make my own happiness.
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I was reading feminist text
in the early '70s--
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Our Bodies, Ourselves
and The Joy of Sex...
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and I knew that these things
were me.
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They spoke to me.
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For some reason,
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I'm comfortable
with the idea of doing this
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in front of thousands of people.
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Right on.
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So for me, the mental--
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The mental awareness of SM
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heightens the physical sensation
and vice versa.
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Biggest problem about this house
is the electric stove.
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It just annoys the hell
out of me.
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We had some priorities
that were very firm
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when we set out
to look for a place.
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(Hartley)
I really like three-way sex.
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I like sex with women.
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I still have fantasies--
and I do it--
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of rather extreme sexual acts.
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The floor is rubber.
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It's like a sex garage.
Everything slides.
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(Greene)
We also like to go out to dinner
in nice restaurants.
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We like to shop.
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We're actually, in many ways,
very normal bourgeois Americans.
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[both laughing]
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(Hunt)
I'm actually currently
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the biggest
gay male porn star.
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There is nobody in the industry
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who has a bigger penis
than I do.
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I grew up in very rural Ohio
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in a one-stoplight,
very Republican type of place.
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One week, I may have
hooked up with a guy.
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One week, I may have
hooked up with a girl.
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I was married for four years.
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(Greenfield-Sanders)
Beautiful shot.
Stay like that.
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(Hunt)
For the past three years,
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I've won Best Group Scene
at the GAYVNs.
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I won Best Sex Scene also.
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I've won Best Three-way.
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I've won Best Oral,
Best Performer,
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Best Supporting Actor.
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So I've done quite well.
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(Hunter)
I came from a family
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that would be like
the Huxtables, the Bill Cosby--
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The middle-class family.
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I was Daddy's girl.
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I mean, I really
could never do wrong
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when it came to my dad.
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My mother knew I was different
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when it came
to expressing myself.
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When I was 18,
I did my first movie,
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and that was amazing.
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We had a birthday party for me.
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We had everything.
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And I blew out my candles
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after I blew out
the first sex scene.
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When I first
got into the business,
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there was only two other
black performers.
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I was shocked.
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And they weren't being portrayed
right, you know,
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just within, like,
how Hollywood is.
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Either they were playing
the gardener, the maids.
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You would see titles...
Black Fudge Swirl.
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You know, you would see
other movies
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with the blonde girls
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and their names
on the box covers.
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When I started doing films,
all my films were interracial.
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There were not enough
black people in the business
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to do all-black film.
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It was very important for them
to portray me as Heather Hunter,
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not as black Heather Hunter.
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To me, honestly, I think
I'm the Halle Berry of porn.
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(Lucas)
When I was a student
in a law school,
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I didn't think about becoming
an adult porn star,
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but once I came to the West,
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of course, I couldn't go on
and study.
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I mean, I didn't have money
for that,
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and I wasn't really interested
in that.
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I had a body.
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I had, you know--
I had a face,
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so I started doing modeling.
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Little bit too short--5'11".
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So I decided, "Okay,
I will pose for nude magazines,
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for adult magazines."
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And then it went down the hill.
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[laughs]
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Hi!
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Time to work today.
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I studied a lot.
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I was a real nerd in school.
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I was 23,
and I had moved to LA.
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I wanted to be
a nurse anesthetist,
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so I was going to school
for that.
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A Playboy scout said,
you know,
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"Are you interested
in posing for Playboy?"
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And I thought, "Playboy?
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Take my clothes off?
I don't think so."
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And they said, "Well,
if you become a centerfold,
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you get $25,000."
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And I said, "All right,
where do I go?"
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I could do it like this,
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you know,
just sitting like this.
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(man)
Put the dog in.
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That way,
you can see this,
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or you can--I don't know--
can you see--
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(man)
We can see everything.
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(Patrick)
Everyone always goes,
"Oh, you're so lucky.
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"You have
the most wonderful life.
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"All the sex must be great.
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You get paid so much money."
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And, you know,
you come into this business;
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you give up a lot,
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and you kind of give up
your soul, in away.
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Once you do porn,
there's no going back.
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And there's still--
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As mainstream as the industry
wants to go,
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there's still
a really big stigma
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attached to porn stars.
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To be a porn star
would require a certain measure
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of self-distancing,
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an ability
to detach from your body.
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They're narcissists.
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They need people to want them
and desire them.
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And whether they were abused--
and I think a lot were--
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Nothing great happens to you
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because you become a porn star
when you're 18.
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(Ridgeston)
I didn't want to be a porn star.
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It just happened.
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I never said
I'm straight or gay.
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I just always say I'm sexual.
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I just love sex.
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Just look at the lens now,
Lukas.
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That's great, like that.
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Good. And--
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(Ridgeston)
I'm actually retired, finally.
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I'm too old.
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[camera clicks]
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(Greenfield-Sanders)
I think we should try
for this pose that I kind of...
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'cause it just...
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it's sort of a play
on Cézanne.
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So come on around here.
Okay.
255
00:10:31,066 --> 00:10:32,932
(Banks)
I usually don't
tell people this,
256
00:10:33,001 --> 00:10:35,068
'cause you know, all the girls
go on Howard Stern
257
00:10:35,137 --> 00:10:36,836
and say, "I was molested."
258
00:10:36,905 --> 00:10:39,172
I was put in foster care
three times,
259
00:10:39,241 --> 00:10:42,442
and it was either a group home
or go back to my mother.
260
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Looking right here.
261
00:10:45,113 --> 00:10:47,447
(Banks)
I had to sit there
and look my mother in the eye
262
00:10:47,516 --> 00:10:49,082
and tell her
that she was not capable
263
00:10:49,151 --> 00:10:51,151
of taking care of my sister.
264
00:10:51,219 --> 00:10:52,318
[camera clicks]
265
00:10:52,387 --> 00:10:55,855
And I got custody,
got legal documents.
266
00:10:55,924 --> 00:10:57,524
I lived on Top Ramen.
267
00:10:57,592 --> 00:10:59,125
[laughs]
268
00:10:59,194 --> 00:11:02,162
Me and my sister had Top Ramen
and canned olives.
269
00:11:02,230 --> 00:11:03,830
Those were her favorite.
270
00:11:03,899 --> 00:11:06,166
Good, okay.
271
00:11:06,234 --> 00:11:08,068
And, Mark,
give me a bellows.
272
00:11:08,136 --> 00:11:10,136
(Banks)
So I got this job
as an auditor.
273
00:11:10,205 --> 00:11:12,238
I got fired,
and then I got home,
274
00:11:12,307 --> 00:11:15,642
and I got evicted
in the same day.
275
00:11:15,711 --> 00:11:18,945
So I'm like, "Okay, you know,
this just isn't my day."
276
00:11:19,014 --> 00:11:20,613
And if the courts
found out about it,
277
00:11:20,682 --> 00:11:23,183
they were going to take
my sister away.
278
00:11:23,251 --> 00:11:24,984
They had their eye on me
like a hawk.
279
00:11:25,053 --> 00:11:29,823
So I see this ad in the paper:
"Make $1,000 a day."
280
00:11:29,891 --> 00:11:32,592
I answered the ad,
and it was a porno ad,
281
00:11:32,661 --> 00:11:35,328
and there I was.
282
00:11:35,397 --> 00:11:36,996
(Musto)
Porn stars were the lowest.
283
00:11:37,065 --> 00:11:38,364
They were considered scum.
284
00:11:38,433 --> 00:11:40,734
Nobody would elevate them
to celebrity status.
285
00:11:40,802 --> 00:11:43,670
But then the hip-hop movement
started acknowledging them.
286
00:11:43,739 --> 00:11:45,872
Music videos started using them.
287
00:11:45,941 --> 00:11:48,508
Cable TV channels,
which are sex-obsessed,
288
00:11:48,577 --> 00:11:49,676
elevated them.
289
00:11:49,745 --> 00:11:51,344
And people like me took notice
290
00:11:51,413 --> 00:11:53,546
and realized
they deserve their celebrity.
291
00:11:53,615 --> 00:11:55,215
I just got invited
to a party recently
292
00:11:55,283 --> 00:11:56,850
in, like,
some furniture showroom.
293
00:11:56,918 --> 00:11:59,052
It had nothing to do
with porn at all,
294
00:11:59,121 --> 00:12:00,820
and they just had, like,
Jenna Jameson
295
00:12:00,889 --> 00:12:03,123
on the list of guests
that were coming.
296
00:12:03,191 --> 00:12:04,357
I was almost gonna go,
297
00:12:04,426 --> 00:12:05,792
but then I heard
she wasn't coming,
298
00:12:05,861 --> 00:12:07,894
so I said, "Forget it."
299
00:12:10,599 --> 00:12:16,002
And the bellows
is 3/4 to a stop.
300
00:12:16,071 --> 00:12:19,706
(Banks)
Jenna Jameson is really
the only porn star
301
00:12:19,775 --> 00:12:21,407
that's ever crossed over.
302
00:12:21,476 --> 00:12:22,776
Look at the lens.
303
00:12:22,844 --> 00:12:27,080
Good.
Okay, and I'm ready.
304
00:12:27,149 --> 00:12:28,548
Okay, very still.
305
00:12:28,617 --> 00:12:29,949
(Banks)
You know, she's done--
306
00:12:30,018 --> 00:12:31,584
The E! True Hollywood Story
307
00:12:31,653 --> 00:12:34,087
was the most-ever watched
E! True Hollywood Story
308
00:12:34,156 --> 00:12:35,588
of all time.
309
00:12:35,657 --> 00:12:39,626
So Jenna has really paved
the path for the rest of us.
310
00:12:39,694 --> 00:12:41,628
[camera clicks]
311
00:12:41,696 --> 00:12:43,296
(Patrick)
A lot of us have had to work
312
00:12:43,365 --> 00:12:45,064
to kind of push the business
one way.
313
00:12:45,133 --> 00:12:46,666
You know, Jenna worked
really hard
314
00:12:46,735 --> 00:12:50,470
to get the business accepted
by the public.
315
00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:57,343
(Hartley)
She is, by far and away,
the most successful
316
00:12:57,412 --> 00:12:59,345
ever to come out
of this business.
317
00:12:59,414 --> 00:13:03,183
Savvy, smart, sexy,
good at what she does.
318
00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:06,219
Jenna had a vision.
319
00:13:06,288 --> 00:13:07,288
She never wavered.
320
00:13:07,322 --> 00:13:09,455
She just: "I want that,"
321
00:13:09,524 --> 00:13:14,561
and she used her tools
and got that.
322
00:13:16,231 --> 00:13:19,399
(Adams)
Jenna Jameson's
probably the one person
323
00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:21,568
that I look up
to as an adult actress
324
00:13:21,636 --> 00:13:22,969
more than anyone else.
325
00:13:23,038 --> 00:13:24,971
I finally had the opportunity
to work with her,
326
00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,106
and after our first scene
together,
327
00:13:27,175 --> 00:13:31,177
I ran around and was yelling
at everybody to smell my face.
328
00:13:31,246 --> 00:13:32,512
I was just, like,
"Oh, my God,
329
00:13:32,581 --> 00:13:35,315
"I have Jenna Jameson's juice
on my face.
330
00:13:35,383 --> 00:13:36,816
I'm never gonna
wash it again."
331
00:13:36,885 --> 00:13:39,252
I was like, "Smell it. Smell it.
It's a hint of Jenna."
332
00:13:39,321 --> 00:13:41,621
(man)
Who are your favorite
porn stars?
333
00:13:41,690 --> 00:13:43,356
Me? My?
334
00:13:43,425 --> 00:13:45,558
Jenna Jameson.
335
00:13:45,627 --> 00:13:48,862
It used to be rock stars
and models went together.
336
00:13:48,930 --> 00:13:50,597
And then suddenly it became,
you know,
337
00:13:50,665 --> 00:13:52,031
"The heck with these models.
338
00:13:52,100 --> 00:13:53,800
"They're skinny,
and they're not much fun.
339
00:13:53,869 --> 00:13:55,335
Let's go for the porn stars."
340
00:13:55,403 --> 00:13:58,771
(Lynn)
I've been able to do a lot
of mainstream work.
341
00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,473
I've been
on Entertainment Tonight.
342
00:14:00,542 --> 00:14:03,409
I've been in Eminem's video,
The Sopranos.
343
00:14:03,478 --> 00:14:06,980
And it's just benefiting me
financially.
344
00:14:07,048 --> 00:14:09,449
My goal is not to go
completely mainstream.
345
00:14:09,517 --> 00:14:12,785
It actually gets me more popular
in the adult industry
346
00:14:12,854 --> 00:14:14,320
going mainstream.
347
00:14:14,389 --> 00:14:16,489
(woman)
♪ If I give you sugar,
will you give me ♪
348
00:14:16,558 --> 00:14:19,092
♪ something elusive
on top of me? ♪ ♪
349
00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,860
All the real porn people use it.
350
00:14:20,929 --> 00:14:22,262
It's just their calling card.
351
00:14:22,330 --> 00:14:25,198
Then they go and become dancers
or escorts,
352
00:14:25,267 --> 00:14:27,700
and they travel, and they make
really a lot of money.
353
00:14:27,769 --> 00:14:30,703
The porn is just
their coming attractions.
354
00:14:30,772 --> 00:14:32,238
They got to go on the road.
355
00:14:32,307 --> 00:14:34,908
(Greenfield-Sanders)
Stay like that for me.
356
00:14:34,976 --> 00:14:37,243
(Canyon)
I was, like, 18
and really broke,
357
00:14:37,312 --> 00:14:40,680
and it was, like, survival.
358
00:14:40,749 --> 00:14:42,582
And it made me feel pretty
359
00:14:42,651 --> 00:14:44,284
when I didn't,
at that time in my life,
360
00:14:44,352 --> 00:14:45,585
feel it.
361
00:14:45,654 --> 00:14:47,620
Beautiful.
Yeah, that's--yeah.
362
00:14:47,689 --> 00:14:49,255
That's great.
363
00:14:49,324 --> 00:14:51,557
(Canyon)
You know, now so many girls
are strippers
364
00:14:51,626 --> 00:14:53,092
and then want to be a porn star
365
00:14:53,161 --> 00:14:55,328
so then they could go feature
on the road as a stripper
366
00:14:55,397 --> 00:14:56,529
and make more money
367
00:14:56,598 --> 00:15:00,166
when that was not even an option
in 1984.
368
00:15:00,235 --> 00:15:01,434
It was so different.
369
00:15:01,503 --> 00:15:03,703
You got a couple hundred bucks
a day,
370
00:15:03,772 --> 00:15:06,205
no rights, no royalties.
371
00:15:06,274 --> 00:15:07,540
(Musto)
A lot of porn stars
372
00:15:07,609 --> 00:15:09,609
don't make that much money
from making films,
373
00:15:09,678 --> 00:15:11,945
so there's a kind of
side industry that's sprung up,
374
00:15:12,013 --> 00:15:13,479
where they could do
strip joints.
375
00:15:13,548 --> 00:15:14,814
They could sell merchandise.
376
00:15:14,883 --> 00:15:16,883
It all adds up
to a pretty decent living.
377
00:15:16,952 --> 00:15:18,751
(Lynn)
The last few years,
378
00:15:18,820 --> 00:15:22,255
I've been making sure I get
residuals on certain things
379
00:15:22,324 --> 00:15:24,324
like my adult video toy line.
380
00:15:24,392 --> 00:15:27,894
(woman)
♪ Do you want to eat
at the all-night diner, baby? ♪
381
00:15:27,963 --> 00:15:31,464
♪ Do you want to eat
at the all-night diner, baby? ♪
382
00:15:31,533 --> 00:15:34,467
♪ Do you want to eat
at the all-night diner? ♪ ♪
383
00:15:34,536 --> 00:15:37,003
Right now, there's about 30 toys
out there.
384
00:15:37,072 --> 00:15:39,205
My handcuffs--
I have my whole bondage line;
385
00:15:39,274 --> 00:15:42,041
my ass and pussy mold;
386
00:15:42,110 --> 00:15:44,444
my doll, which is kind of
freaky-looking,
387
00:15:44,512 --> 00:15:47,347
but the boxing and the packaging
is really beautiful,
388
00:15:47,415 --> 00:15:49,816
and I think that's
what's selling well.
389
00:15:49,884 --> 00:15:52,485
Sexual power for poor women
390
00:15:52,554 --> 00:15:55,388
is literally tied
to economic survival.
391
00:15:55,457 --> 00:15:57,301
I think it's sort of like
a big "Fuck you" in a way.
392
00:15:57,325 --> 00:15:58,358
It's sort of saying,
393
00:15:58,426 --> 00:16:00,426
"If I'm going
to be used sexually
394
00:16:00,495 --> 00:16:01,794
"or this is what I'm worth,
395
00:16:01,863 --> 00:16:03,896
well, then I'm gonna
make some money off of it."
396
00:16:03,965 --> 00:16:06,499
(Hartley)
One of the reasons
they're in this business--
397
00:16:06,568 --> 00:16:08,067
It's a very high
rate of pay legally
398
00:16:08,136 --> 00:16:09,936
for people
with a high school education.
399
00:16:10,005 --> 00:16:12,438
You could make a comparison
to how boxing used to be
400
00:16:12,507 --> 00:16:13,773
for young men.
401
00:16:13,842 --> 00:16:18,344
And I just need a bellows
on this.
402
00:16:18,413 --> 00:16:20,480
(Patrick)
I remember getting
my first check,
403
00:16:20,548 --> 00:16:24,650
and I remember thinking,
"The shoe's on the other foot.
404
00:16:24,719 --> 00:16:25,651
"This is my money.
405
00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,919
"I made this money,
406
00:16:26,988 --> 00:16:29,322
and no one's gonna take it
away from me."
407
00:16:29,391 --> 00:16:31,224
People always say,
"Oh, these poor women.
408
00:16:31,292 --> 00:16:32,825
These poor women, oh."
409
00:16:32,894 --> 00:16:34,260
And it's like,
"Well, no,
410
00:16:34,329 --> 00:16:37,530
these women did not have
the choice of Harvard, porno."
411
00:16:37,599 --> 00:16:39,999
It's porn, paper hat.
412
00:16:40,068 --> 00:16:41,567
Porn, double-wide trailer.
413
00:16:41,636 --> 00:16:43,169
Porn, five kids.
414
00:16:43,238 --> 00:16:45,571
(Greenfield-Sanders)
No clothes now.
415
00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,975
(Hunt)
My son has no idea what I do.
416
00:16:49,044 --> 00:16:53,346
He just knows Daddy makes money,
but he doesn't know how.
417
00:16:53,415 --> 00:16:55,715
Not being college educated,
418
00:16:55,784 --> 00:16:57,550
it was the best course
for me,
419
00:16:57,619 --> 00:16:59,218
but right now,
I am in school,
420
00:16:59,287 --> 00:17:01,487
so this has helped me
get to that point
421
00:17:01,556 --> 00:17:03,056
where I can afford
to go to school
422
00:17:03,124 --> 00:17:05,291
plus have a living
on the side.
423
00:17:08,897 --> 00:17:10,496
(Lynn)
My parents are so proud of me,
424
00:17:10,565 --> 00:17:12,799
because, you know,
I have two nice cars.
425
00:17:12,867 --> 00:17:15,334
I've never, ever asked
for any help.
426
00:17:15,403 --> 00:17:17,737
They saved money on college.
427
00:17:17,806 --> 00:17:21,808
(Lucas)
It's not about
that this is a last resort.
428
00:17:21,876 --> 00:17:27,346
It's about this is opportunity
which you can achieve easier.
429
00:17:27,415 --> 00:17:30,716
There is a big need
for adult performers,
430
00:17:30,785 --> 00:17:33,019
and if you have what it takes,
431
00:17:33,088 --> 00:17:35,888
you have a good chance
to make it big.
432
00:17:38,993 --> 00:17:41,194
(Michaels)
In the porn industry,
it's ironic
433
00:17:41,262 --> 00:17:43,830
that the women make more
than the men do,
434
00:17:43,898 --> 00:17:47,533
since they have to produce less
than the men do physically,
435
00:17:47,602 --> 00:17:49,235
in my opinion.
436
00:17:49,304 --> 00:17:50,770
(Mylo)
♪ In my muscle car. ♪
437
00:17:50,839 --> 00:17:52,538
(Michaels)
When individuals say that,
438
00:17:52,607 --> 00:17:55,942
"Oh, yeah, males are just a prop
in the adult industry,"
439
00:17:56,010 --> 00:18:00,613
that's like American society
taking schoolteachers
440
00:18:00,682 --> 00:18:02,415
and not paying them
what they're worth.
441
00:18:02,484 --> 00:18:05,918
(Mylo)
♪ Come on and ride
in my muscle car. ♪
442
00:18:05,987 --> 00:18:08,087
♪ Well oiled. ♪ ♪
443
00:18:08,156 --> 00:18:10,556
(Hunt)
Guys in gay films
absolutely make a lot more
444
00:18:10,625 --> 00:18:13,192
than guys in straight films.
445
00:18:13,261 --> 00:18:15,094
That's why there are
many straight models
446
00:18:15,163 --> 00:18:16,796
who work in the gay porn
industry.
447
00:18:16,865 --> 00:18:17,897
A guy in a straight video
448
00:18:17,966 --> 00:18:20,233
is lucky to get
maybe $300 to $500.
449
00:18:20,301 --> 00:18:22,902
I make almost five times that.
450
00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:25,438
Straight women
actually make quite more.
451
00:18:25,507 --> 00:18:26,839
For men, this is--
452
00:18:26,908 --> 00:18:28,552
You know, this is as good
as it gets for us,
453
00:18:28,576 --> 00:18:30,643
and gay porn industry
is actually the best way
454
00:18:30,712 --> 00:18:34,147
to make the most money
if you're a man.
455
00:18:34,215 --> 00:18:35,448
Whether it's through porn
456
00:18:35,517 --> 00:18:38,084
or whether, you know,
you have a 9:00-to-5:00 job,
457
00:18:38,153 --> 00:18:40,052
it's not ever too late
to go back
458
00:18:40,121 --> 00:18:43,623
and make something
out of your life.
459
00:18:43,691 --> 00:18:46,726
(Hunter)
You can get caught up
in the X-rated adult business,
460
00:18:46,794 --> 00:18:49,128
because it's a world
where you're not judged.
461
00:18:49,197 --> 00:18:51,097
You know, you can be yourself.
462
00:18:51,166 --> 00:18:54,534
And you can get lost in that,
you know?
463
00:18:54,536 --> 00:18:56,269
Because when you step out
of that wod,
464
00:18:56,337 --> 00:18:57,748
And you can get lost in that,
that's the reality check,
465
00:18:57,772 --> 00:18:59,805
and a lot of people
don't accept what you do.
466
00:18:59,874 --> 00:19:02,575
I don't regret anything
that I did,
467
00:19:02,644 --> 00:19:03,976
but I definitely learned a lot,
468
00:19:04,045 --> 00:19:07,079
and I knew
when to cash in.
469
00:19:07,148 --> 00:19:10,316
I've realized that there
was other talents that I have
470
00:19:10,385 --> 00:19:11,984
that need to be expressed.
471
00:19:12,053 --> 00:19:13,519
I'm a artist.
472
00:19:13,588 --> 00:19:16,956
I paint, so I'm trying
to put together a show.
473
00:19:17,025 --> 00:19:19,125
This one right here
is called Mind Fuck.
474
00:19:19,194 --> 00:19:21,227
I'm also a writer.
I have a book coming out.
475
00:19:21,296 --> 00:19:22,762
It's a black-black erotic tale.
476
00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:24,430
And my music.
477
00:19:24,499 --> 00:19:28,568
The sexy, the horny
Heather Hunter.
478
00:19:28,636 --> 00:19:30,503
What's up?
This is Heather Hunter.
479
00:19:30,572 --> 00:19:32,405
And I'm actually bringing
the passion,
480
00:19:32,473 --> 00:19:33,773
but I'm also heisting.
481
00:19:33,841 --> 00:19:35,308
I'm heisting the rap game now.
482
00:19:35,376 --> 00:19:36,842
(woman)
♪ We party hard. ♪
483
00:19:36,911 --> 00:19:38,789
♪ Pussy platinum.
Shit, I need a bodyguard. ♪ ♪
484
00:19:38,813 --> 00:19:40,012
(Hunter)
With my music,
485
00:19:40,081 --> 00:19:41,914
I have hip-hop albums
that I've worked on,
486
00:19:41,983 --> 00:19:44,383
and I have, like,
DJ Premier, Wyclef.
487
00:19:44,452 --> 00:19:48,020
And it's amazing, because people
put in my mind that--
488
00:19:48,089 --> 00:19:49,755
'Cause of what I've done
in my life,
489
00:19:49,824 --> 00:19:52,992
that society would not be able
to take me,
490
00:19:53,061 --> 00:19:55,027
and all my life,
I wanted to prove them wrong.
491
00:19:55,096 --> 00:19:59,665
(Lucas)
I was wise enough--
smart enough, I would say--
492
00:19:59,734 --> 00:20:02,835
To understand
how poor my chances are
493
00:20:02,904 --> 00:20:06,205
to become a film star
or runway model.
494
00:20:06,274 --> 00:20:08,608
Now walk over to the wall
so it feels natural.
495
00:20:08,676 --> 00:20:09,909
(Lucas)
I made this choice,
496
00:20:09,978 --> 00:20:12,578
and this is as close
to this as I got.
497
00:20:12,647 --> 00:20:14,580
And I'm very happy
with my choice.
498
00:20:14,649 --> 00:20:16,582
Otherwise, I could still
wait tables.
499
00:20:18,219 --> 00:20:20,353
(Greenfield-Sanders)
She can stay where she is.
500
00:20:20,421 --> 00:20:23,356
Just stay in your position.
501
00:20:23,424 --> 00:20:27,660
(Mitchell)
In the adult entertainment
industry, I started in 1975.
502
00:20:27,729 --> 00:20:30,229
In 1996,
I went back to school.
503
00:20:30,298 --> 00:20:32,098
I finished my master's
in public health,
504
00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:34,600
and I'll be a PhD next year.
505
00:20:38,106 --> 00:20:39,805
Okay, looking at the lens,
506
00:20:39,874 --> 00:20:43,109
just where you are.
507
00:20:43,177 --> 00:20:44,543
[camera clicks]
508
00:20:44,612 --> 00:20:46,846
(Mitchell)
I run the AIM
Health Care Foundation,
509
00:20:46,914 --> 00:20:49,248
and we're a nonprofit
organization.
510
00:20:49,317 --> 00:20:52,451
We serve over 900 people a month
by monitoring everyone
511
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,755
for HIV and STDs
on a monthly basis in porn.
512
00:20:55,823 --> 00:20:58,924
[camera clicks]
513
00:20:58,993 --> 00:21:00,626
That's pretty great.
514
00:21:00,695 --> 00:21:05,464
(Lucas)
Gay porn was always doing movies
with condoms.
515
00:21:05,533 --> 00:21:07,500
You know,
there are so many clichés
516
00:21:07,568 --> 00:21:09,902
and bad things said about porn.
517
00:21:09,971 --> 00:21:11,837
Well, we always had
this thing, to say,
518
00:21:11,906 --> 00:21:14,307
"Listen, we tell you
about how to have fun,
519
00:21:14,375 --> 00:21:17,109
how have great time,
but still being safe."
520
00:21:17,178 --> 00:21:18,811
Chin up a little bit.
521
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:19,812
[camera clicks]
522
00:21:19,881 --> 00:21:21,547
(Lucas)
You know, straight industry,
523
00:21:21,616 --> 00:21:25,284
they thought that AIDS
is a gay disease.
524
00:21:25,353 --> 00:21:27,887
And--pfft--bad news:
It's not.
525
00:21:27,955 --> 00:21:31,223
It's actually, you know,
very easy to catch and transmit
526
00:21:31,292 --> 00:21:32,425
for straight people too.
527
00:21:32,493 --> 00:21:36,395
And this is such a sham
that it's the year 2004
528
00:21:36,464 --> 00:21:38,864
and they just discovered it.
529
00:21:38,933 --> 00:21:41,867
Well, fucking without condom,
it's a big problem.
530
00:21:41,936 --> 00:21:43,369
(Greenfield-Sanders)
Okay.
531
00:21:43,438 --> 00:21:45,771
Bring your butt around
a little bit more to me,
532
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,140
but don't swing it this way
too much.
533
00:21:48,209 --> 00:21:49,875
(Lynn)
I was dancing my senior year
534
00:21:49,944 --> 00:21:52,678
in Catholic high school
in New Jersey.
535
00:21:52,747 --> 00:21:55,481
My first layout
was a three-girl pizza shoot.
536
00:21:55,550 --> 00:21:56,582
We had pizza all over.
537
00:21:56,651 --> 00:22:00,086
It was a cute, fun shoot.
538
00:22:00,154 --> 00:22:02,521
I was married before
and divorced.
539
00:22:02,590 --> 00:22:05,591
He couldn't handle
the dancing.
540
00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:08,361
He was just
a really jealous guy.
541
00:22:08,429 --> 00:22:11,664
I'm actually pre-married.
542
00:22:11,733 --> 00:22:15,000
My dad's a Baptist preacher/
missionary,
543
00:22:15,069 --> 00:22:16,802
so when I was little,
544
00:22:16,871 --> 00:22:20,039
we went on a mission field
up to Alaska,
545
00:22:20,108 --> 00:22:21,874
and there was really
nobody there--
546
00:22:21,943 --> 00:22:23,075
Some Eskimos and--
547
00:22:23,144 --> 00:22:26,779
Got a job when I was, like, 14
babysitting,
548
00:22:26,848 --> 00:22:29,115
and they used to have Hustler
magazine laying around.
549
00:22:29,183 --> 00:22:31,384
It was, like,
my favorite thing.
550
00:22:31,452 --> 00:22:33,486
One of my dreams
was to always be in Hustler.
551
00:22:33,554 --> 00:22:37,323
And I actually was in Hustler
last year.
552
00:22:37,392 --> 00:22:38,591
With me.
553
00:22:38,659 --> 00:22:40,926
Yeah, with her.
She was on the cover, actually.
554
00:22:45,566 --> 00:22:47,299
So is a really old camera,
right?
555
00:22:47,368 --> 00:22:49,135
Do they even make
this camera anymore?
556
00:22:49,203 --> 00:22:52,571
It's a antique version
of what they make now.
557
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,241
It shoots that size negative.
558
00:22:55,309 --> 00:22:57,243
So it's kind of complicated.
559
00:22:57,311 --> 00:23:00,679
You have to look at the image
upside down,
560
00:23:00,748 --> 00:23:02,248
and it takes
some getting used to.
561
00:23:02,316 --> 00:23:04,016
But I just love being
562
00:23:04,085 --> 00:23:05,985
in front of the camera
when I'm shooting you,
563
00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:07,820
'cause I can see everything
you're doing,
564
00:23:07,889 --> 00:23:09,488
and I can really see
your expression.
565
00:23:09,557 --> 00:23:11,590
And for me,
it's all about the expression.
566
00:23:21,035 --> 00:23:22,935
Little smile.
567
00:23:23,004 --> 00:23:26,539
[camera clicks]
568
00:23:26,607 --> 00:23:31,877
A porn star is a person
who is famous for public sex.
569
00:23:31,946 --> 00:23:36,148
(Greenfield-Sanders)
Put your hands up
a little bit.
570
00:23:36,217 --> 00:23:38,818
Amazing. Just like that.
571
00:23:38,886 --> 00:23:41,787
Let me see a tiny smile.
572
00:23:41,856 --> 00:23:44,056
And now close your mouth.
573
00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:47,159
[camera clicks]
574
00:23:47,228 --> 00:23:48,360
Right there.
575
00:23:48,429 --> 00:23:50,296
Nice, wonderful.
576
00:23:54,368 --> 00:23:57,369
[camera clicks]
577
00:24:00,575 --> 00:24:01,575
I think it's good.
578
00:24:01,642 --> 00:24:03,509
I like it.
579
00:24:03,578 --> 00:24:05,411
I feel more comfortable naked.
I'm so weird.
580
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,379
I have clothes on;
I'm like, "I look stupid."
581
00:24:07,448 --> 00:24:09,148
I get naked; I'm like,
"Yeah, baby, go."
582
00:24:09,217 --> 00:24:13,018
(Greenfield-Sanders)
I mean,
you're so comfortable nude
583
00:24:13,087 --> 00:24:14,287
because you do it
all the time.
584
00:24:14,322 --> 00:24:15,688
Right.
585
00:24:15,756 --> 00:24:17,623
In the beginning
of this project, I wasn't.
586
00:24:17,692 --> 00:24:19,525
It was very--
it was very awkward for me.
587
00:24:22,663 --> 00:24:25,764
(Vidal)
Desire begins with taboo,
588
00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:28,567
and taboo is against
the little boy
589
00:24:28,636 --> 00:24:31,470
or the little girl
showing off their naked bodies.
590
00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:33,806
They're told that
almost immediately.
591
00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:36,275
So if they go into rebellion
of any kind,
592
00:24:36,344 --> 00:24:38,744
they might be tempted
to take everything off
593
00:24:38,813 --> 00:24:42,147
and just break the taboo
594
00:24:42,216 --> 00:24:44,049
and then get paid for it.
595
00:24:44,118 --> 00:24:47,686
[industrial music]
596
00:24:47,755 --> 00:24:50,456
♪ ♪
597
00:24:50,525 --> 00:24:52,091
(Lynn)
When I'm dancing onstage,
598
00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:54,527
that's when I like
to get watched.
599
00:24:54,595 --> 00:24:55,794
It's like a high.
600
00:24:55,863 --> 00:24:57,530
And if everybody's screaming,
you know,
601
00:24:57,598 --> 00:24:59,164
I get even happier, so--
602
00:24:59,233 --> 00:25:02,201
I probably get more wet
onstage dancing
603
00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:04,169
than, you know,
while I'm doing a sex scene.
604
00:25:04,238 --> 00:25:05,738
That sounds bad, but--
605
00:25:05,806 --> 00:25:09,608
(Adams)
Part of me being so excited
and loving this
606
00:25:09,677 --> 00:25:11,777
is knowing that someone's
gonna be watching it,
607
00:25:11,846 --> 00:25:13,145
knowing that someone out there
608
00:25:13,214 --> 00:25:14,613
is gonna be seeing
what I'm doing
609
00:25:14,682 --> 00:25:17,349
and getting off on it.
610
00:25:17,418 --> 00:25:20,352
The camera comes on,
and I come to life.
611
00:25:20,421 --> 00:25:23,022
(Waters)
There are people
that are truly exhibitionists.
612
00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:25,591
They got to show it to somebody
every day.
613
00:25:25,660 --> 00:25:26,992
Doesn't matter who they are.
614
00:25:27,061 --> 00:25:28,994
If they weren't in porn,
they'd be flashers.
615
00:25:30,965 --> 00:25:33,933
(Jane)
Being an adult star,
I get to act out my fantasy.
616
00:25:34,001 --> 00:25:36,368
I have millions of people
watching me in my videos,
617
00:25:36,437 --> 00:25:37,670
and it turns me on.
618
00:25:37,738 --> 00:25:38,671
Hold it. Ready.
619
00:25:38,739 --> 00:25:40,205
I want to bring it
a little there
620
00:25:40,274 --> 00:25:41,507
so I see your eyes.
621
00:25:41,576 --> 00:25:44,276
(Jane)
I love the fact
that people watch me,
622
00:25:44,345 --> 00:25:47,613
you know, enjoy it,
623
00:25:47,682 --> 00:25:49,114
so I might say.
624
00:25:49,183 --> 00:25:51,417
You're allowed
to be looking at her
625
00:25:51,485 --> 00:25:53,819
and that she's allowing you
to do that,
626
00:25:53,888 --> 00:25:55,387
so it's very parental.
627
00:25:55,456 --> 00:25:57,723
It's very comforting.
628
00:25:57,792 --> 00:26:03,596
We begin life as exhibitionists,
because we're little;
629
00:26:03,664 --> 00:26:04,830
we need to be seen.
630
00:26:04,899 --> 00:26:06,298
You can't be fed
until you're seen.
631
00:26:06,367 --> 00:26:08,267
You can't be kissed
until you're seen.
632
00:26:08,336 --> 00:26:12,771
(Belladonna)
At first, it was really hard,
because I just was super shy.
633
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,573
And I've never done anything
like that.
634
00:26:14,642 --> 00:26:17,476
Your whole body's naked,
and you're like, "Oh, my God."
635
00:26:17,545 --> 00:26:19,311
Sure, that's what
you want to see,
636
00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,146
you know?
637
00:26:21,215 --> 00:26:22,915
But after, like, a year,
I got used to it.
638
00:26:22,984 --> 00:26:25,918
And you have to, like,
find a way to enjoy it, I think.
639
00:26:25,987 --> 00:26:27,186
Because not every time,
640
00:26:27,254 --> 00:26:30,689
you're, like, super attracted
to the person.
641
00:26:30,758 --> 00:26:31,790
My way of doing it
642
00:26:31,859 --> 00:26:34,860
is to just go in there
with, like, an open mind
643
00:26:34,929 --> 00:26:37,663
and see what you can do
to them
644
00:26:37,732 --> 00:26:40,232
to make them enjoy you the most.
645
00:26:44,905 --> 00:26:47,339
Now I'm, like, "Bring it on,"
to anybody.
646
00:26:47,408 --> 00:26:48,741
You know what I mean?
647
00:26:48,809 --> 00:26:50,609
I like intense sex.
648
00:26:50,678 --> 00:26:53,445
I want a guy to, le,
be aggressive with me.
649
00:26:53,514 --> 00:26:55,514
That's just my type.
650
00:26:59,286 --> 00:27:03,055
I think we're over the top
in porn star beauty, as it were.
651
00:27:03,124 --> 00:27:04,289
You're almost getting into
652
00:27:04,358 --> 00:27:06,759
a kind of weird
science-fiction movie,
653
00:27:06,827 --> 00:27:10,896
looking at women who've had
their bodies obviously altered.
654
00:27:10,965 --> 00:27:13,332
When I am not working,
you know,
655
00:27:13,401 --> 00:27:16,001
my job is to keep
my appearance good.
656
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:20,539
[techno music]
657
00:27:20,608 --> 00:27:23,108
(man)
Reach down and turn those
deltoids up a little higher.
658
00:27:23,177 --> 00:27:24,410
Eight, five.
659
00:27:24,478 --> 00:27:26,779
Come on, take it up there.
It's only a minute.
660
00:27:26,847 --> 00:27:30,716
(The Stooges)
♪ Now I wanna be your dog. ♪ ♪
661
00:27:30,785 --> 00:27:32,251
To be a gay porn star,
662
00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,019
you have to be
a good-looking guy.
663
00:27:34,088 --> 00:27:35,654
You have to take care
of your body.
664
00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:38,524
You have to go to the gym
at least four times a week.
665
00:27:38,592 --> 00:27:40,559
(Greenfield-Sanders)
Your eyes right here.
666
00:27:40,628 --> 00:27:42,194
Beautiful.
Don't squint.
667
00:27:42,263 --> 00:27:43,195
Ready?
668
00:27:43,264 --> 00:27:47,399
[camera clicks]
669
00:27:47,468 --> 00:27:49,268
Male porn stars
used to be unattractive,
670
00:27:49,336 --> 00:27:51,103
but they're really
not so much now.
671
00:27:51,172 --> 00:27:55,307
There was a time
when the industry thought
672
00:27:55,376 --> 00:27:59,144
the men wanted to identify
with a guy who looked like them.
673
00:27:59,213 --> 00:28:01,413
This guy makes money
having sex?
674
00:28:01,482 --> 00:28:03,515
But the fact of the matter
is that now
675
00:28:03,584 --> 00:28:07,586
the really good-looking guys
sell better,
676
00:28:07,655 --> 00:28:09,855
even in heterosexual porn,
677
00:28:09,924 --> 00:28:11,824
meaning that it's a fantasy.
678
00:28:11,892 --> 00:28:14,526
They want to see themselves
679
00:28:14,595 --> 00:28:18,764
as those marvelously
improbable guys
680
00:28:18,833 --> 00:28:20,866
with gigantic dicks
that stay erect
681
00:28:20,935 --> 00:28:22,768
as long
as they damn well please.
682
00:28:22,837 --> 00:28:25,938
So you're, like--
more like a real cool guy.
683
00:28:26,006 --> 00:28:28,841
(Hunter)
Peter North--oh, my God.
684
00:28:28,909 --> 00:28:31,243
Whoo!
685
00:28:31,312 --> 00:28:33,712
I mean, his pop shots
were like--
686
00:28:33,781 --> 00:28:35,147
They were like waterfalls.
687
00:28:35,216 --> 00:28:39,251
I think he popped-shot, like,
10 to 12 times at one point.
688
00:28:44,091 --> 00:28:48,494
(Vidal)
Boys were created to squirt
as often as possible
689
00:28:48,562 --> 00:28:53,732
to fructify an egg.
690
00:28:53,801 --> 00:28:57,536
Girls are there to take
nine months to lay an egg,
691
00:28:57,605 --> 00:28:59,404
and they have to be
slightly thoughtful
692
00:28:59,473 --> 00:29:01,406
about what they're doing.
693
00:29:04,044 --> 00:29:06,745
(Hartley)
Porno is like
live-action cartoon--
694
00:29:06,814 --> 00:29:08,580
Big penises, big breasts,
695
00:29:08,649 --> 00:29:09,982
big parties, big orgasms,
696
00:29:10,050 --> 00:29:12,417
more, big hair, long nails.
697
00:29:12,486 --> 00:29:15,621
(Lucas)
It's only a plus
if you are well-endowed.
698
00:29:15,689 --> 00:29:17,923
It's very, very, very good.
699
00:29:17,992 --> 00:29:19,491
I can't lie about that.
700
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,527
It would be hypocritical
to say it doesn't matter.
701
00:29:21,595 --> 00:29:24,263
No, it does matter.
702
00:29:40,514 --> 00:29:41,980
(Michaels)
Some of the industry
703
00:29:42,049 --> 00:29:45,217
is predicated on size,
obviously, of genitalia.
704
00:29:45,286 --> 00:29:47,853
But being Sean Michaels
705
00:29:47,922 --> 00:29:51,323
without a reasonably
large-sized penis,
706
00:29:51,392 --> 00:29:54,159
I would have to say
yeah, I would have probably,
707
00:29:54,228 --> 00:29:57,029
with the good graces
of the universe,
708
00:29:57,097 --> 00:29:59,998
been just as successful,
maybe more so.
709
00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:02,034
There's people that you see them
and think,
710
00:30:02,102 --> 00:30:03,502
"They look like a porn star."
711
00:30:03,571 --> 00:30:05,437
You know, there's
the country-western song.
712
00:30:05,506 --> 00:30:08,006
What is it--too ugly for LA,
too stupid for New York.
713
00:30:08,075 --> 00:30:12,544
Everybody in LA kind of looks
like a porn star to me,
714
00:30:12,613 --> 00:30:14,713
and no one in New York does.
715
00:30:14,782 --> 00:30:16,081
Well, in LA,
716
00:30:16,150 --> 00:30:19,518
we think that John Waters
looks like a porn star.
717
00:30:19,587 --> 00:30:21,954
(Jane)
Everybody considers
718
00:30:22,022 --> 00:30:23,956
if you're blonde
and you have big boobs,
719
00:30:24,024 --> 00:30:25,157
you're a porn star.
720
00:30:25,226 --> 00:30:27,092
Yes, most girls
that are in the business
721
00:30:27,161 --> 00:30:28,460
are blonde and have big boobs.
722
00:30:28,529 --> 00:30:30,929
And if they're not,
they get their boobs done,
723
00:30:30,998 --> 00:30:33,432
or they dye their hair blonde.
724
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,334
A little more.
That's good, Jesse.
725
00:30:35,402 --> 00:30:36,835
Just in your eyes.
726
00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:39,404
[camera clicks]
727
00:30:39,473 --> 00:30:41,173
(Adams)
We want big boobs.
728
00:30:41,242 --> 00:30:43,809
Men love breasts,
and it's just--
729
00:30:43,878 --> 00:30:44,878
I don't know what it is.
730
00:30:44,912 --> 00:30:46,545
It's just so womanly.
731
00:30:46,614 --> 00:30:47,880
I've always just wanted them.
732
00:30:47,948 --> 00:30:52,084
I always wanted
to feel confident and sexy.
733
00:30:52,152 --> 00:30:56,588
Europeans think that Americans
are a bit gaga
734
00:30:56,657 --> 00:30:58,290
on the subject of breasts,
735
00:30:58,359 --> 00:31:01,393
which they put down
to the essential infantilization
736
00:31:01,462 --> 00:31:03,061
of the American public.
737
00:31:03,130 --> 00:31:06,665
(Finley)
Hypervigilant breasts--
738
00:31:06,734 --> 00:31:09,501
It's really from the baby's
point of view,
739
00:31:09,570 --> 00:31:11,670
the hunger of looking
at the nipple
740
00:31:11,739 --> 00:31:13,238
or looking at the breast.
741
00:31:13,307 --> 00:31:16,775
Breasts are mommies.
742
00:31:16,844 --> 00:31:19,878
You don't really want
to have sex with Mommy.
743
00:31:19,947 --> 00:31:22,214
That's why pornography
is so great.
744
00:31:22,283 --> 00:31:24,850
'Cause if not, we'd just be
a bunch of motherfuckers.
745
00:31:24,919 --> 00:31:26,285
[laughs]
746
00:31:30,157 --> 00:31:31,590
Michael,
747
00:31:31,659 --> 00:31:32,702
Dimitri.
748
00:31:32,726 --> 00:31:34,026
(Lucas)
So what I need you to do
749
00:31:34,094 --> 00:31:37,229
is to take your clothes off
and let me see your body,
750
00:31:37,298 --> 00:31:39,564
and then you will go
to another room.
751
00:31:39,633 --> 00:31:40,644
You'll get a hard-on.
752
00:31:40,668 --> 00:31:43,001
I'll take one Polaroid picture.
753
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:45,637
You have to be
very sexually active person
754
00:31:45,706 --> 00:31:47,973
and have strong sexual desires.
755
00:31:48,042 --> 00:31:51,076
Otherwise, you will look
like you're getting a root canal
756
00:31:51,145 --> 00:31:52,444
on the screen.
757
00:31:52,513 --> 00:31:53,545
That's perfect.
758
00:31:53,614 --> 00:31:54,546
That's perfect.
759
00:31:54,615 --> 00:31:55,714
Don't worry about that.
760
00:31:55,783 --> 00:31:56,715
Don't worry.
761
00:31:56,784 --> 00:31:58,083
That's good enough.
762
00:31:58,152 --> 00:31:59,217
You have to be real good.
763
00:31:59,286 --> 00:32:00,886
You have to be
very concentrated.
764
00:32:00,955 --> 00:32:02,387
You have to be disciplined.
765
00:32:02,456 --> 00:32:04,790
And then you maybe will become
a porn star,
766
00:32:04,858 --> 00:32:07,025
and maybe
you will be successful.
767
00:32:07,094 --> 00:32:08,094
But you might not.
768
00:32:08,128 --> 00:32:10,329
(Michaels)
When I'm performing,
769
00:32:10,397 --> 00:32:12,864
I enjoy the fact
that people are looking at me,
770
00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:14,066
but at the same time,
771
00:32:14,134 --> 00:32:16,435
I pretend like
there's no one else there.
772
00:32:16,503 --> 00:32:19,771
You have to produce an erection.
773
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,174
The blood
has to get there somehow.
774
00:32:22,242 --> 00:32:24,843
So I'll think
about a great pair of feet
775
00:32:24,912 --> 00:32:27,679
that were attached
to this great chick
776
00:32:27,748 --> 00:32:29,982
that I knew back
in da-da-da-da.
777
00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:31,583
And then there I go.
778
00:32:31,652 --> 00:32:33,218
I'm back.
779
00:32:33,287 --> 00:32:36,688
(Hartley)
People get a well-produced
videotape,
780
00:32:36,757 --> 00:32:37,823
and they watch it at home.
781
00:32:37,891 --> 00:32:40,459
It looks so smooth and easy,
782
00:32:40,527 --> 00:32:42,794
and they're kissing,
and the skirt comes off--
783
00:32:42,863 --> 00:32:44,229
He's erect!
784
00:32:44,298 --> 00:32:46,064
What people at home
are not seeing
785
00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:48,133
is that after
every oral sex position
786
00:32:48,202 --> 00:32:50,402
and every intercourse position,
787
00:32:50,471 --> 00:32:53,005
they have to shoot it soft-core
for at least four minutes,
788
00:32:53,073 --> 00:32:54,673
hard-core
for at least four minutes.
789
00:32:54,742 --> 00:32:56,541
Stop for stills:
790
00:32:56,610 --> 00:32:57,809
penis near the orifice,
791
00:32:57,878 --> 00:32:59,144
penis in the orifice,
792
00:32:59,213 --> 00:33:01,013
hand close, hand away,
793
00:33:01,081 --> 00:33:02,247
mouth on, mouth off.
794
00:33:02,316 --> 00:33:04,082
Okay, next position.
795
00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:08,353
(Patrick)
Camera sex and regular sex
are two very different things.
796
00:33:08,422 --> 00:33:10,288
You're supposed
to make it look glamorous,
797
00:33:10,357 --> 00:33:11,923
you're supposed
to make it look fun,
798
00:33:11,992 --> 00:33:13,959
and you're supposed
to make it look enticing.
799
00:33:14,028 --> 00:33:16,094
Swing slightly with your body
toward the light.
800
00:33:16,163 --> 00:33:18,630
That's it. That's it.
Yeah.
801
00:33:18,699 --> 00:33:20,365
Maybe not.
Just come back again.
802
00:33:20,434 --> 00:33:21,767
Like that.
803
00:33:21,835 --> 00:33:26,171
I think what it is, is, like,
somehow there's a space here.
804
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,672
(Patrick)
I always used to joke,
805
00:33:27,741 --> 00:33:29,274
"Am I gonna get a bed today?"
806
00:33:29,343 --> 00:33:34,679
Because you're always on gravel
or some rock.
807
00:33:34,748 --> 00:33:36,148
You know how I have sex?
808
00:33:36,216 --> 00:33:39,217
I have sex at home on a bed
missionary with the lights out.
809
00:33:39,286 --> 00:33:41,319
And I think my husband,
when he married me,
810
00:33:41,388 --> 00:33:43,789
thought, "Oh, wow,
I'm marrying Tera Patrick.
811
00:33:43,857 --> 00:33:45,090
"This is great.
812
00:33:45,159 --> 00:33:48,160
You know, she's gonna bring home
all these chicks."
813
00:33:48,228 --> 00:33:49,895
Nope, I had to tell him,
814
00:33:49,963 --> 00:33:52,831
"Let me tell you,
I'm really boring."
815
00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:56,501
(Knight)
Our sex life at home
is a lot different
816
00:33:56,570 --> 00:33:57,736
than in the movies.
817
00:33:57,805 --> 00:34:00,138
I can't last as long.
818
00:34:00,207 --> 00:34:02,140
On film, I do anal.
819
00:34:02,209 --> 00:34:04,209
Which he would love to do
on me, but--
820
00:34:04,278 --> 00:34:06,211
Not even in my personal life,
I don't do it.
821
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,991
I had a toy up there
a good seven inches,
822
00:34:08,015 --> 00:34:09,181
and she didn't even know it,
823
00:34:09,249 --> 00:34:10,749
and then she's like,
"Don't do it."
824
00:34:10,818 --> 00:34:12,851
And I was like,
"It's already there," you know?
825
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,020
Sometimes it'll get
really weird, and I'm like,
826
00:34:15,089 --> 00:34:16,621
"We're not shooting
a porno scene.
827
00:34:16,690 --> 00:34:19,724
"Let's just, you know,
have fun doing this,
828
00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:22,394
not make it last
a whole hour."
829
00:34:22,463 --> 00:34:24,696
(Wattleton)
We all think
that we somehow come here
830
00:34:24,765 --> 00:34:27,632
fully equipped
to enjoy sexuality
831
00:34:27,701 --> 00:34:29,601
in all of its explicitness,
832
00:34:29,670 --> 00:34:31,937
but, you know, we really do need
a lot of instruction,
833
00:34:32,005 --> 00:34:34,773
just like we need to be taught
how to eat properly,
834
00:34:34,842 --> 00:34:36,174
how to dress properly.
835
00:34:36,243 --> 00:34:39,077
Every aspect of our lives,
we take lessons,
836
00:34:39,146 --> 00:34:40,245
and we educate ourselves.
837
00:34:40,314 --> 00:34:41,646
Early on when I was reporting,
838
00:34:41,715 --> 00:34:44,282
as someone who had
nearly no exposure
839
00:34:44,351 --> 00:34:45,650
to pornography at all,
840
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,720
my astonishment
that these young women
841
00:34:48,789 --> 00:34:52,958
would watch porn as literally
instructional videos,
842
00:34:53,026 --> 00:34:55,227
like, to learn how
to position themselves better
843
00:34:55,295 --> 00:34:56,595
or how to give better blow jobs,
844
00:34:56,663 --> 00:34:58,630
which I thought
was really great,
845
00:34:58,699 --> 00:35:02,267
because for me, it was just
laced with such shame.
846
00:35:02,336 --> 00:35:03,336
Sometimes you think,
847
00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:04,814
"I never even thought
of doing that."
848
00:35:04,838 --> 00:35:07,272
Or there are some things
that maybe would be disgusting,
849
00:35:07,341 --> 00:35:08,451
but then you see it in porno
850
00:35:08,475 --> 00:35:09,841
with, like,
great-looking people--
851
00:35:09,910 --> 00:35:11,309
"Well, I never tried that.
852
00:35:11,378 --> 00:35:13,478
Maybe I'll save that one
for the autumn of my years."
853
00:35:13,547 --> 00:35:16,748
(Chloe)
I was, like, anal queen
three years running.
854
00:35:16,817 --> 00:35:18,683
I was, like, the anal girl.
855
00:35:18,752 --> 00:35:19,851
And it's funny, too,
856
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,520
because I never really
did anything
857
00:35:21,588 --> 00:35:23,288
that was that outrageous
with my butt.
858
00:35:23,357 --> 00:35:24,689
I never did a fisting
in my ass.
859
00:35:24,758 --> 00:35:27,058
I never did, like,
a really huge penis in my ass.
860
00:35:27,127 --> 00:35:31,763
It's just that my orgasm
from anal sex is just so intense
861
00:35:31,832 --> 00:35:33,732
that they're usually
not even on my butt.
862
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,267
They're on my face.
863
00:35:35,335 --> 00:35:38,270
My eyes roll back in my head
when I come, and I look like--
864
00:35:38,338 --> 00:35:40,238
They've called me
the Linda Blair of porn.
865
00:35:40,307 --> 00:35:43,375
[camera clicks]
866
00:35:43,443 --> 00:35:45,277
(Musto)
Sex is a universal urge,
867
00:35:45,345 --> 00:35:47,679
and porn is just saying,
"Here's people fucking."
868
00:35:47,748 --> 00:35:49,147
We all do it.
We all want to do it.
869
00:35:49,216 --> 00:35:50,482
We all want to watch it.
870
00:35:50,551 --> 00:35:52,617
And if you say that
you're not interested in it,
871
00:35:52,686 --> 00:35:54,586
you're just lying.
872
00:35:54,655 --> 00:35:55,887
Those channels on TV
873
00:35:55,956 --> 00:35:57,956
where they just show animals
mating endlessly--
874
00:35:58,025 --> 00:36:00,542
There's no question that
that's what would be interesting
875
00:36:00,611 --> 00:36:02,344
if you're watching human beings
either.
876
00:36:02,412 --> 00:36:04,779
There's something
inherently interesting, I guess,
877
00:36:04,848 --> 00:36:07,916
about watching mammals mating.
878
00:36:07,985 --> 00:36:11,152
The fantasy of the porn star
is the ultimate fantasy,
879
00:36:11,221 --> 00:36:12,854
because it's a sexual fantasy.
880
00:36:12,923 --> 00:36:15,123
I think that's why
it's so disturbing to people,
881
00:36:15,192 --> 00:36:21,062
because it really does defy
our capacity to control it.
882
00:36:24,568 --> 00:36:29,137
(Patrick)
I actually really contemplated
leaving the business,
883
00:36:29,206 --> 00:36:35,110
and it was because I had
a traumatic thing happen to me
884
00:36:35,178 --> 00:36:39,281
on the set
with a male performer.
885
00:36:39,349 --> 00:36:43,118
I literally just had
such a bad experience
886
00:36:43,186 --> 00:36:45,086
that I didn't want to have sex.
887
00:36:45,155 --> 00:36:46,555
I didn't want to have sex
at all.
888
00:36:46,623 --> 00:36:50,659
And I went through this period
where I didn't have sex.
889
00:36:50,727 --> 00:36:53,895
And then I got myself together,
and I realized, you know,
890
00:36:53,964 --> 00:36:57,699
"I can't let one thing
happen to me.
891
00:36:57,768 --> 00:37:00,001
"I've come too far
and worked too hard
892
00:37:00,070 --> 00:37:01,636
to throw it all away."
893
00:37:01,705 --> 00:37:04,906
When my husband and I have sex,
he'll want to turn on porn,
894
00:37:04,975 --> 00:37:06,908
and I'm like, "Okay, fine,
you can turn it on,
895
00:37:06,977 --> 00:37:08,510
but I don't want to hear
the sound."
896
00:37:08,579 --> 00:37:10,812
Porn irritates me.
897
00:37:10,881 --> 00:37:13,949
(Michaels)
I always wanted to be
a part of Hollywood
898
00:37:14,017 --> 00:37:19,020
as an actor, director/producer.
899
00:37:19,089 --> 00:37:22,357
But at the same time,
unfortunately, entertainment,
900
00:37:22,426 --> 00:37:23,625
like everything else,
901
00:37:23,694 --> 00:37:29,230
is filled with politics
and prejudices.
902
00:37:29,299 --> 00:37:30,765
Sounds kind of corny,
903
00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:33,702
but I do things
because I believe in them.
904
00:37:33,770 --> 00:37:35,103
You know, I'm an artist,
905
00:37:35,172 --> 00:37:39,007
so I kind of have to follow
somewhat of a calling.
906
00:37:39,076 --> 00:37:42,911
Porn is one of the greatest
forms of art
907
00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:44,579
that there ever was.
908
00:37:44,648 --> 00:37:49,184
(Banks)
My dream was always
to be a runway model
909
00:37:49,252 --> 00:37:52,954
or to be on the cover of Cosmo
or the cover of Vogue.
910
00:37:53,023 --> 00:37:55,156
But, you know,
once you do porno,
911
00:37:55,225 --> 00:37:58,393
you're never gonna be not known
as Briana Banks.
912
00:37:58,462 --> 00:38:01,830
I couldn't walk into Elite
and say, "Hey," you know?
913
00:38:01,898 --> 00:38:04,399
They would look at me
and turn their nose up.
914
00:38:04,468 --> 00:38:07,068
I have big fake boobs,
to start with,
915
00:38:07,137 --> 00:38:08,603
and second of all, you know,
916
00:38:08,672 --> 00:38:11,272
everybody in the world
has seen me naked,
917
00:38:11,341 --> 00:38:13,842
so there's no chance.
918
00:38:13,910 --> 00:38:16,611
I mean, I made it,
just halfway.
919
00:38:19,983 --> 00:38:21,850
(Hunt)
This business
has been great to me.
920
00:38:21,918 --> 00:38:23,251
I'm not ashamed of it.
921
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,553
I've never been ashamed
of anything that I've done.
922
00:38:25,622 --> 00:38:27,222
And, you know,
it was a means to an end.
923
00:38:27,290 --> 00:38:29,057
(Greenfield-Sanders)
Steady.
924
00:38:29,126 --> 00:38:30,458
That's it,
just like that.
925
00:38:30,527 --> 00:38:32,494
(Hunt)
It helped me go back to school,
926
00:38:32,562 --> 00:38:36,131
so I'm quite proud of the fact
that I did that for myself.
927
00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:38,967
(Greenfield-Sanders)
And you have a coat,
or you don't?
928
00:38:39,036 --> 00:38:42,671
(Hunt)
If my son became a porn star,
it would not bother me.
929
00:38:42,739 --> 00:38:45,874
If that's what he wants to do,
more power to him.
930
00:38:45,942 --> 00:38:49,310
(Lynn)
Girls shouldn't get involved
in the industry
931
00:38:49,379 --> 00:38:50,945
until they're after 21,
932
00:38:51,014 --> 00:38:52,981
'cause at 18,
you're still a kid.
933
00:38:53,050 --> 00:38:55,684
And most of them don't survive
in the industry.
934
00:38:55,752 --> 00:38:58,019
They're out right away,
you know?
935
00:38:58,088 --> 00:38:59,788
A lot of them
are beautiful girls.
936
00:38:59,856 --> 00:39:01,523
They just made
the wrong decision,
937
00:39:01,591 --> 00:39:05,026
and then they regret it,
a lot of them.
938
00:39:05,095 --> 00:39:06,995
(Hartley)
By getting older on camera,
939
00:39:07,064 --> 00:39:08,697
I have not only brought
with me
940
00:39:08,765 --> 00:39:10,432
a whole host of fans
for 20 years
941
00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:12,801
who are perfectly happy
with the fact that I'm older;
942
00:39:12,869 --> 00:39:14,235
I have new fans coming in
943
00:39:14,304 --> 00:39:18,540
who like me specifically
because I'm over 40.
944
00:39:18,608 --> 00:39:22,877
I'm here for my own personal
satisfaction, mainly,
945
00:39:22,946 --> 00:39:24,879
but also to be able
to speak to people
946
00:39:24,948 --> 00:39:26,981
about sexuality
from a place of experience.
947
00:39:27,050 --> 00:39:28,616
[laughs]
948
00:39:28,685 --> 00:39:30,518
(Lucas)
The American dream for me
949
00:39:30,587 --> 00:39:34,155
is starting my own company
from scratch.
950
00:39:34,224 --> 00:39:36,224
For me, my family
is very important,
951
00:39:36,293 --> 00:39:37,892
and they brought
all my family here.
952
00:39:37,961 --> 00:39:39,661
My grandparents, my parents,
my brother--
953
00:39:39,730 --> 00:39:41,296
Everybody came
in the last three years,
954
00:39:41,364 --> 00:39:43,164
and I was able to support them.
955
00:39:43,233 --> 00:39:47,435
So that was my American dream,
and I feel like I fulfilled it.
956
00:39:47,504 --> 00:39:49,104
I am ready.
957
00:39:49,172 --> 00:39:50,805
(Samson)
I'm hoping that my choices
958
00:39:50,874 --> 00:39:53,108
don't really hurt me
in the future.
959
00:39:53,176 --> 00:39:57,545
I mean, I found my confidence
in the nude,
960
00:39:57,614 --> 00:40:01,149
and I have to thank porn
for that.
961
00:40:01,218 --> 00:40:05,019
Really, it's the most honest
business that I can think of.
962
00:40:07,157 --> 00:40:11,659
But my family is really hurt
by what I've done with my life,
963
00:40:11,728 --> 00:40:12,794
you know?
964
00:40:12,863 --> 00:40:15,864
Like, embarrassed.
965
00:40:15,932 --> 00:40:17,766
I come from a small town.
966
00:40:17,834 --> 00:40:20,235
They wanted to move
when they found out.
967
00:40:20,303 --> 00:40:22,704
But I continue
with my relationship with them.
968
00:40:22,773 --> 00:40:24,439
Like, I keep calling and--
969
00:40:24,508 --> 00:40:25,740
Because I'm the same person,
970
00:40:25,809 --> 00:40:28,343
and I think I've got
a great career
971
00:40:28,411 --> 00:40:30,979
and a great future.
972
00:40:31,047 --> 00:40:36,885
And they just are gonna have
to accept it.
973
00:40:36,953 --> 00:40:38,820
(Hunter)
When I was in
the adult industry,
974
00:40:38,889 --> 00:40:40,088
I was a sex machine.
975
00:40:40,157 --> 00:40:41,890
When I stepped
into the real world,
976
00:40:41,958 --> 00:40:43,424
everything backfired on me.
977
00:40:43,493 --> 00:40:45,371
Whenever I would jump
into the bed with somebody,
978
00:40:45,395 --> 00:40:47,295
I would truly believe
that they loved me.
979
00:40:47,364 --> 00:40:50,165
I was Heather Hunter,
the fantasy girl,
980
00:40:50,233 --> 00:40:52,901
and I was like a notch
on everyone's belt.
981
00:40:52,969 --> 00:40:57,305
I remember one time,
I was having sex with this guy--
982
00:40:57,374 --> 00:40:58,706
A date, you know.
983
00:40:58,775 --> 00:41:00,074
You know, we're doing it.
984
00:41:00,143 --> 00:41:02,410
You know, we had a great time.
It was fabulous.
985
00:41:02,479 --> 00:41:04,212
And we're laying in the bed.
986
00:41:04,281 --> 00:41:05,914
He's smoking a cigarette,
987
00:41:05,982 --> 00:41:10,218
and he reaches over
for this pad thing on his desk,
988
00:41:10,287 --> 00:41:12,253
and he asked me
for a autograph.
989
00:41:12,322 --> 00:41:16,291
And I was like, "Oh, my God.
Why did you disappoint me?"
990
00:41:16,359 --> 00:41:17,926
But I signed it,
you know what I mean?
991
00:41:17,994 --> 00:41:20,428
I signed that autograph,
because why?
992
00:41:20,497 --> 00:41:22,397
I am Heather Hunter,
you know what I mean,
993
00:41:22,465 --> 00:41:23,932
and I have to face that,
you know?
994
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,434
I am someone's dream,
someone's fantasy.
995
00:41:26,503 --> 00:41:29,003
That's what my life
is all about.
996
00:41:29,072 --> 00:41:31,339
That's the bed I lie in.
997
00:41:33,043 --> 00:41:34,976
(Jane)
No parent actually
wants their kid
998
00:41:35,045 --> 00:41:36,845
to become an adult star.
999
00:41:36,913 --> 00:41:38,813
But, you know,
my mom flew out here
1000
00:41:38,882 --> 00:41:40,548
to see what kind of stuff I do,
1001
00:41:40,617 --> 00:41:44,052
and she was so relieved
and so comfortable.
1002
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,954
And now when my mom and I talk,
she's like,
1003
00:41:46,022 --> 00:41:47,655
"So are you shooting
a new movie yet?
1004
00:41:47,724 --> 00:41:50,592
And I'm about to go to Tahiti
to shoot Island Fever 3,
1005
00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:52,327
and she's like,
"Wow, that's great."
1006
00:41:52,395 --> 00:41:54,128
So she gets into it.
1007
00:41:54,197 --> 00:41:56,231
I love it, and I'm proud of it,
1008
00:41:56,299 --> 00:41:57,432
and I've had a great life,
1009
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:01,469
and I still am having
a wonderful life now.
1010
00:42:01,538 --> 00:42:03,271
(Lou Reed)
♪ If she ever comes now, now, ♪
1011
00:42:03,340 --> 00:42:05,273
♪ if she ever comes now, now, ♪
1012
00:42:05,342 --> 00:42:08,343
♪ if she ever comes now. ♪
1013
00:42:08,411 --> 00:42:11,346
Copyright: 2004
Home Box Office, Inc.
1014
00:42:11,414 --> 00:42:14,365
Captioning by CaptionMax
www.captionmax.com
1015
00:42:14,434 --> 00:42:16,534
♪ If she ever comes now. ♪
1016
00:42:16,603 --> 00:42:18,570
♪ Oh, oh. ♪
1017
00:42:18,638 --> 00:42:20,605
♪ It looks so good. ♪
1018
00:42:20,674 --> 00:42:22,540
♪ Oh, oh. ♪
1019
00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:24,542
♪ She's made out of wood. ♪
1020
00:42:24,611 --> 00:42:27,078
♪ Just look and see. ♪
1021
00:42:27,147 --> 00:42:35,147
♪ ♪
1022
00:42:37,424 --> 00:42:41,159
♪ Now, if she ever comes
now, now, ♪
1023
00:42:41,227 --> 00:42:43,261
♪ if she ever comes now, now, ♪
1024
00:42:43,330 --> 00:42:46,064
♪ if she ever comes now. ♪
1025
00:42:46,132 --> 00:42:49,801
♪ Now, if she ever comes
now, now, ♪
1026
00:42:49,869 --> 00:42:51,936
♪ if she ever comes now, now, ♪
1027
00:42:52,005 --> 00:42:54,606
♪ if she ever comes now. ♪
1028
00:42:54,674 --> 00:42:56,708
♪ Oh, oh. ♪
1029
00:42:56,776 --> 00:42:58,676
♪ It looks so good. ♪
1030
00:42:58,745 --> 00:43:00,578
♪ Oh, oh. ♪
1031
00:43:00,647 --> 00:43:02,413
♪ She's made out of wood. ♪
1032
00:43:02,482 --> 00:43:05,450
♪ Just look and see. ♪
1033
00:43:05,518 --> 00:43:07,719
♪ ♪
1034
00:43:07,787 --> 00:43:10,455
♪ Oh, it's made out of wood. ♪
1035
00:43:10,523 --> 00:43:12,624
♪ Just look and see, now. ♪
1036
00:43:12,692 --> 00:43:15,326
♪ She over comes,
if she ever comes, now. ♪
1037
00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:17,729
♪ Now, now, now, now. ♪
1038
00:43:17,797 --> 00:43:21,966
♪ If she ever, ever, ever comes
n-now, now. ♪
1039
00:43:22,035 --> 00:43:26,304
♪ If she ever, ever, ever comes
n-n-n-now, now. ♪
1040
00:43:26,373 --> 00:43:30,108
♪ If she ever comes now, now,
now, now. ♪
1041
00:43:30,176 --> 00:43:33,277
♪ If she ever, if she ever,
if she ever, ♪
1042
00:43:33,346 --> 00:43:37,281
♪ if she ever comes now,
n-n-now, now. ♪ ♪