After signing autographs for three hours at a noisy convention, I was just about to leave for my 10-minute bathroom break when a guy tugged at my sleeve. He just stood there, grinning at me. The girl he was with jumped up and down and shoved a photo at me. “Please sign this for us!” I jokingly asked how he had convinced her to come see porn stars. Her answer floored me. It was all her idea. She watched porn.

I had starred in more than 100 adult movies before I ran into my first female fan.

When I entered porn at the tender age of 18, I’d never seen an XXX movie. I performed in the movies, but never watched them. It wasn’t until I began directing that I started to watch porn, but not for the reasons you might think.