I was asked recently, "How did you get into porn?"
It was FOR the money but I was not desperate.
A H.S. teacher told me "I'd never get anywhere in life or amount to anything." She was my math teacher. She told me this because I sucked ONLY in math.
After graduation, I took a year researching it, and worked for a year to save the money to come to California.
Once I got there, I was in my first film in 6 weeks.
I got paid $1275.00 for my first scene, 1 hrs worth of work. The 75 was for smoking a cig in one shot.
I took a copy of that, put it in a "Get Well Soon" card, and mailed it back to my Math teacher who still taught at my HS with the cover of my first movie folded up inside. I asked her "When was the last time you got 1275 an hour?"
I never looked back. I did it for 8 years.
Below is the opening of the scene I got paid $1275" for. It took me less than an hour to get multiple male stars off, and I went home.
https://vimeo.com/804505669