The more generic male performers are often the boyfriends of female performers. Once they leave film, they generally move to the Web, where they operate their own site, doing the same gig. Performers like Ron Jeremey and Evan Stone are still actively performing after 15-20 years, something the audience won't let women do. вЂ¦ I think you can never leave.'ДЄnd what about men? Typically, true male porn 'stars' have a longer shelf life than women. вЂњI go to all the business shows with so I can learn. 'When I retire, I will have spent 11 or 12 years of my life doing this,вЂќ she says. She hasn't decided yet whether that business will be tied with the adult entertainment industry, but says itвЂ™s a definite possibility. After this, I'd like to maybe open my own business - and have enough saved that even if that didn't go right, I'd be ok.' 'I figure I'm going to do for four or five more years and then quit,' she says. She recently renegotiated her contract and is about to launch a line of signature premium sex toys.

Jesse Jane, one of todayвЂ™s reigning queens, has spent seven years carefully building her brand. And competition from the Internet makes stardom on that level considerably less likely.ДЄ few seem to get that вЂ“ and are paying much closer attention to the business side of porn as they perform. The problem is: The porn world has changed dramatically from JamesonвЂ™s days. The actress, who translated her porn fame to the pop culture world, is a model of what many stars strive for. Talk with todayвЂ™s porn stars, though, about life after their film career and the same name comes up over and over: Jenna Jameson. Others - typically the ones who reach a modicum of success, but not real stardom - become on-set photographers or make-up artists. Some start talent agencies or their own production company. Some chase a dream of becoming a mainstream actress вЂ“ never managing to get more than an occasional role.ДЄ larger number move into the behind-the-scenes side of porn. (Nursing is a popular choice, for some reason). Others get degrees and move on with their life. At the same time, sheвЂ™s also trying her hand as a club DJ as she attempts to branch into new fields. She also continues to operate an adult video production company.

But the industry tends to protect its own вЂ“ and many of the true superstars, who are its ambassadors to the mainstream world, keep their toes in the water even after they retire.ДЄ book tour for her just-released memoir. A career in porn typically overshadows an actressвЂ™s other achievements, no matter what successes they have. вЂњI always knew that whatever I did, it would be associated with вЂChristy CanyonвЂ™.вЂќ вЂњI couldnвЂ™t imagine doing something unrelated to porn,вЂќ she says. An encouraging teacher at a writing class led to a book (which she self-published, since she didnвЂ™t like the one-time payment deal publishers were offering her).ДЇor the better part of the last five years, she has been the host of Playboy RadioвЂ™s вЂњNight CallsвЂќ. In the early days of eBay, she sold memorabilia directly to fans. Rather than curling up in that blanket, she bounced around, trying new things after leaving the set. вЂњWhen I retired, I knew I could survive another 20 years without earning a dime,вЂќ she says.

(The first stock she bought, she says, was Wal-Mart).

She saved the money вЂ“ investing it in the market and prospered. And in the heyday of porn, that was a substantial number. Entertainment, she also negotiated a $1 royalty for each copy of the film that was sold.

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