PW:
Ron - if you had a daughter and she came to you and said
she wanted to be a Porn Star - what would you tell her?
RJ:
Just so you know - that is THE hardest question I'm ever
asked.
PW:
Well I figured I'd start with the hard ones and work backwards.
RJ:
I like your attitude! First off - I'm Jewish, and there
are very few Jewish girls in the business. There are a lot
of Jewish guys. A LOT of Jewish guys. See, a lot of girls
get their education. They go to college and they don't like
to make money using their bodies, but you can make a lot
more money using your body sometimes, ya know? And I'm torn
- in all fairness, cause they have to use both. The girls
have to use their minds and do good business with it - they
have to learn how to be web masters themselves, put their
money in the bank, invest it. The top porn stars are probably
making a million a year. I mean Jenna Jameson made it -
Asia Carerra says she's made it, Amber Lynn. Ya know most
contract girls can pull in a hundred thousand to a quarter
million a year. So it's not a bad business. But you raise
your daughter a certain way, you follow? I'd probably put
her through college. But when she turns 18 - I'm mean what
are you gonna say? I mean if she really wanted to do it
- I'd kinda be stuck. You want to support any choice that
they make, and hope that she'd do it the way some of the
girls in porn have done it, where they have contracts and
only work with a select few guys, or whatever they want
to do. I mean what can I say, ya know? But you don't see
a lot of girls who went to college doing it. And maybe a
lot them that did are making less money. But her biggest
argument would be - 'hey pop - you did it'
PW:
She'd have ya there, Ron.
daddy i wanna be just like
jenna jameson when I grow up
RJ:
I know the reason why I did it. I mean, lot of people get
into porn from many different places. I hope that she wouldn't
be doing it for reasons of wanting to get attention, and
all sorts of weird things, maybe. If she did it for business
- to make money. Then what am I gonna say? If that's what
they want to do, then I cannot stop it - I would support
it.
PW:
Word has it you've held on to every penny you've ever made,
Ron. Have you ever considered using some of it to pay your
way onto a Russian space mission to film the world's first
in-space porn flick?
RJ:
No - but they've actually done something similar. They
did a porn film in Europe, a company called Private Video
did it. In fact, a company I work with - a company called
Metro Studios did a film of people in zero gravity. They've
got this thing that falls down so fast you're in zero gravity.
PW:
Like what they used in Apollo 13.
RJ:
Right. And they used that do a pop shot - that way so it
sorta floated around the room. Isn't that disgusting? But
seriously - Isaac Asimov did a great article about it once
- that that would be the greatest kind of sex because actors
can float around you and you can shoot any angle you want.
But would I do it? No. I'm not that into exploring - I mean
I don't even want to go to Europe. With the money I make
I like to spend it hanging out with friends - going to clubs,
rock and roll shows, and even saving for the future - having
a child - a wife, ya know? And I know people laugh, but
I still have a future, I think. I'm not dead yet.
PW:
Since you mentioned your disdain for traveling, what
is one city in the world you think everyone should visit
once before they die?
RJ:
Las Vegas. It's an adult Disneyland. I mean if you've ever
seen the movie 'Bugsy' - here's a guy who had a vision and
a dream, and basically was shot because no one thought it
could happen. And look at it now and go 'Oh god! Someone
sure bumped him off by mistake', ya know? But you see these
hotels where they do their shows with volcanoes and pirate
ships. I mean you get all this for free before you even
walk in the door. And the Bellagio with its giant water
show, and the volcano at the Mirage. I mean these hotels
need at least a million a day to even run the place. It's
such an event. If there's ever a city you have to go to
- that'd be the one. But there are other places I like a
lot too. I like Hawaii. Tampa, New York, LA, Chicago. I
love America - so I like traveling in America. I like Dallas
and Austin a lot, too. But traveling starts to get on my
nerves. And now with security like it is - it's not even
fun anymore. There are so many dumb things security does
- I mean if you fly one way you get an automatic frisk.
Like a terrorist wouldn't have the brains to buy a round
trip ticket?
Ron Jeremy & Lemmie from Motorhead
in Las Vegas @ Erocktica
PW:
All 19 hijackers on Sept. 11 were flying on one-way tickets.
RJ:
I mean if I get my nail clippers confiscated one more time
I'm gonna kill somebody. I shouldn't say that - I'm gonna
punch somebody, because now if a run across a terrorist
I can't clip his toe nails for him. How depressing! And
then they take my alcohol - which I use to shave with. I
take great pride in never having a pimple because I shave
and put on rubbing alcohol. It burns and then it goes away
- but they confiscate it saying it's flammable. But they
serve alcohol on the plane, whiskey, vodka - whatever else,
ya know? That's flammable! Why am I losing my fucking alcohol
then?!? Now they have these kinds of precautions, but then
they let some guy on with explosives in his shoe. Isn't
that ridiculous?
PW:
What was the single scariest day of your life?
RJ:
See - I don't know you that well. Usually when a guy asks
me that, I say 'the day your mom called me.' But truthfully
- the day we all took our very very first AIDS test. I mean
that was like 6 years ago. And I've taken one every month
since. But that first time was the worst - because you're
making up for 30 some odd years of socializing. But I didn't
know as much then as I know now. I've talked to some of
the leading doctors on the subject, and they've all told
me it is very very difficult for a girl to give it to a
guy, right? Now it's not politically correct to say this,
but back then I didn't know all that - so I figured it coulda
gone either way. So you think back to all the things I've
done in my past. And you think about some of the girls and
you're like 'They didn't even have teeth! My God - what
was I thinking?' But every month it gets easier - cause
you narrow the field to what you've done in the last few
months. But that first one covers 30 odd years. That's a
whopper, isn't it?
Ron on a late night infomercial
for "Extense" growth enhancer
Because you too can
be 25% larger!
PW:
In your case Ron - it's definitely a whopper. What's the
best book you've ever read?
RJ:
'1984' - George Orwell. 'Animal Farm', Kurt Vonnegut's 'Cat's
Cradle'. Recently - a lot of W.W.II history. Ya know my
family fought it? My mom was a cryptographer in the O.S.S
- which became the CIA. I even like reading Shakespeare
every once in a while
PW:
What's your favorite Shakespeare play?
RJ:
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
PW:
What's your favorite Stones record?
RJ:
'Sympathy For The Devil's' my favorite stones song - so
the one with 'Sympathy For The Devil',
PW:
Beggars Banquet.
RJ:
Right - Beggars Banquet. That's my favorite Stones song.
PW:
Who do you feel is the most important person in history
and why?
RJ:
Can I give two?
PW:
For you, Ron, I'll let you give two.
RJ:
Truman. He followed Roosevelt, correct?
PW:
Correct.
RJ:
So Harry, in many ways, because he saved the world. By having
the guts and the courage to use the bomb. I mean I wouldn't
be here if he hadn't - and a lot of other people wouldn't
be here either. Because after the German front was surrendered,
there was a huge amphibious assault planned on the beaches
of Japan - and they'd even labeled all the beaches based
on names of famous movie stars. My dad was gonna hook up
on the Betty Grabel Beach, my uncle Arthur was gonna be
on the Marilyn Monroe Beach. and they predicted at least
a million causalities on the Japanese side - a million on
the American, and it would've been an absolute disaster.
The Japs were not gonna surrender - no how, no way. And
it wasn't until the atom bombs that they finally did, and
that saved at least a million Americans. I mean they didn't
even surrender after the first bomb. They weren't even gonna
surrender after the second! There was that one cabinet member
who was so against surrendering he killed himself. Hirohito's
the one who finally said 'Let's give up.'
Truman
had a lot of guts to do that - cause there was a lot A LOT
of sentiment against doing that. But it pretty much kept
me alive - and all the soldiers and their kids and so on
- you're talking about a billion people alive today because
of Harry Truman's guts. I mean that's a torturous thing
to do - to kill people like that. And the second person
- again referring to the war, is Winston Churchill. You
hear his speeches and you read about him- the way he could
inspire people against all odds. With his wit - he set the
country alive. It's tough to do this though - cause there
are many people I admire over the years - not just in times
of war. But to pick out two - Truman and Churchill.
PW:
In this post dot com age - would you recommend investing
in the more traditional blue chip stocks?
RJ:
Probably - because dot coms have had such problems. I mean
the biggest thing in dot coms is Amazon and sex, so you're
probably better off. But I'm a big fan of bank accounts
and real estate.
PW:
Here's a multiple-choice question for you: Who is the biggest
scumbag to have recently been in Afghanistan: a) Osma Bin
Ladin b) Mullah Omar Muhamed or c) Geraldo Rivera
RJ:
Well - I've been on Geraldo's show 4 times, and I really
like Geraldo - so I'll never say anything against him. But
I think a lot of what he's doing is kinda foolish. But I
understand why he's doing it - to feel vital, to feel necessary
- to feel like you're a journalist, ya know? So - obviously
the biggest schmuck is Osama, and then there's what's the
guy - the American kid who was over there fighting against
us? You left him out, Walker.
PW:
What do you think should be done with John Walker?
RJ:
That's a very tough question. I'm very patriotic, and again
- so are most Texans - like you [editor's note: I am not
now, nor have I ever been, a Texan] It's tough because I'm
such a fan of not killing someone, ya know? And again, if
he was fighting for the Taliban against the Northern alliance
- it's different than if he was putting up a rifle against
Americans. And ya know if he was from there. He could be
held as a prisoner of war - although in terrorism there
are no real prisoner's of war. But if it's proven that he
had any thing to do, or was an accomplice, or a creator
of killing an American, than I say he either gets life in
prison or death. It's pretty simple. If he was guilty of
putting up arms and shooting against Americans, then he
should get life or die. If he was fighting against the Northern
Alliance then that's a very tough case. a very very tough
case if he felt somehow morally that - we were on the side
of the Taliban at one point, weren't we? I mean we traded
with Osama when we were against Russia years ago.
why of all places would he go here?
Fuck That
PW:
Well the Russian lefts in 1989, and the Taliban didn't
take over until 1996.
RJ:
Well, we were on the side of Osama at one point, you know
that, don't you? He worked for the CIA.
PW:
He financed training camps while they were fighting
the Russians.
