Understanding the Porn Industry
1) Ask yourself if porn is the right industry for you. On the outset, porn seems like the perfect career for adventurous, sexually-active actors. You get paid to have sex almost every day, and the pay is actually pretty good once you get started. But porn comes with a series of risks as well, and they may outweigh the perceived benefits. Things to remember include:
- Your image, once filmed, will be online forever, even if you try and switch careers.
- You need to take the time every day to stay in shape, eat well, and keep clean and hygienic.
- You are not having sex for fun, you are doing it for your job. Expect the intimacy and spontaneity of sex to disappear during a 4-hour video shoot.
- Maintaining a committed relationship while in porn can be almost impossible, as jealousy is only natural.[2]
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Remember that you must be 18 years old to act in pornography. This is a heavily enforced rule in the porn industry because breaking it can lead to years of prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Even if you are a consenting, willing participant, you must be 18 to be in porn in the United States.[3]
You must bring proof of age (valid passport, ID, etc.) to with you to a shoot in order to act. Producers are required to copy this proof and keep it on record for years.[4]
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Ask how much you will be paid. The average rate for a straight porn star in Brooklyn, NY, is $500-600 for one video shoot. Gay porn stars, however, make three times that, no matter the gender. The general rule of thumb is that the weirder it is from “average,” the more you will get paid. So a straight, guy-girl scene might make $800 while an intense bondage or novelty scene can make $2,000 or more.[5]
- The average female porn star averages $50,000 a year, but can make upwards of $350,000.
- Top male performers can make more than $100,000 each year, but average far less.[6]
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