Even if you’d spent the past 18 months in a coma on life-support systems or in a cave in Outer Mongolia-or both-you’d probably still know who Ginger Lynn is. What’s more, you’d probably have jerked off dreaming about her. Lynn, the most sought-after pom star in recent memory, probably adorns more video boxes than any other pom princess. Her beguiling face is everywhere. Her videos sell (one of them. Ginger, her first for fledgling company Vivid Video, was the first shot-on-video cassette to top the X-rated bestseller charts), and her movies move. Why? Her perfect pink pussy, inviting ass, beautiful breasts
and bewitching eyes gazing upward as she wolfs down some lucky dude’s cock are the stuff fantasies are made of No doubt about it: This bitch is hot!
And pom fans aren’t the only ones who think so. Lynn recently copped three trophies at the X-Rated Critics’ Organization awards show for Hottest Newcomer of the Year, Most Volcanic Video Vixen and Best Actress of the Year (Body of Work), edging out such heavy competition as Kelly Nichols, Tracy Lords and Tanya Lawson. And when HUSTLER polled a random sample of pom stars to find out who they thought was the hottest fuck in the business. Ginger’s name turned up more than any other. With recommendations like these we decided it was time for HUSTLER to get inside-so to speak-this bone-stiffening 22-year-old supersexstar from Rockford, Illinois.
HUSTLER Entertainment Editor Doug Oliver pushed, shoved, and elbowed his way through the panting, drooling crowd of Ginger Lynn fans to bring back this exclusive interview.
HUSTLER: When you were growing up, did you dream of being a star, or were you thinking more along the lines of becoming a schoolteacher?
LYNN: I never planned on a specific career-especially becoming pom star Ginger Lynn.
HUSTLER: How did your pom career come about?
LYNN: I answered an ad that a modeling agency ran in the newspaper, and the next day I did test shots for Penthouse. You don’t normally shoot the very next day after an interview. My career got off the
ground real fast. I started big and never stopped. Three months later I was doing films.
HUSTLER: What or who influenced you to make adult films?
LYNN: The other models. I was influenced a lot by seeing the other girls wearing really nice clothes and driving shiny new cars. It made me think, This could be a lot of fun … not to mention meeting good-looking guys and getting the opportunity to act. All of these things were very seductive, but I still wasn’t sure I really wanted to do it; so I held out.
HUSTLER: What finally convinced you to take the plunge?
LYNN: The money. I started out at a salary level most girls never get to. I resisted for three months. That’s a long time for most girls to resist. Eventually, I was offered $1,000 a day and 14 days in Hawaii, which in the beginning is very nice. It’s still very, very nice. And from there I’ve just gotten more and more.
HUSTLER: How much sexual experience had you had before you started doing adult films?
LYNN: I’ve always been really, really sexual. I remember masturbating when I was three years old, and I lost my virginity when I was 13; so I guess you could say I was an early bloomer. I’ve always enjoyed sex. I think sex is wonderful.
HUSTLER: What was it like having sex on-camera for the first time? Were you frightened?
LYNN: It was exciting. Sure, I was scared and nervous with all those people around, but I was somehow able to block that all out and really get into what I was doing. As I did more and more films, it became even more exciting. Having the film crew there was a tum-on for me.
HUSTLER: How so?
LYNN: It’s almost a sense of power. Knowing that I’m turning them on really turns me on.
HUSTLER: Aren’t industry people so jaded after a while that they don’t get aroused by actors screwing in front of them?
LYNN: People in this business do get jaded, but if there’s a really hot scene there’s no way they’re not going to get turned-on.
HUSTLER: When you’re having sex with an actor you haven’t worked with before, do you just hop in the sack and go to it?
LYNN: No. It’s no different from having sex with anyone for the first time. I don’t just go in and say, “Okay, let’s do it.” I like to warm up to the person, get to know him, put him at ease, let him know I want to have the scene with him.
HUSTLER: Is there always time for that? Aren’t shooting schedules pretty rushed?
LYNN: There’s time to get to know one another while the cameramen are adjusting focus and the lighting men are setting up. Besides, they can’t roll the camera until you’ve got something hot going.
HUSTLER: One of the reasons for your tremendous popularity is your sexual versatility. Did you start doing anal scenes right off, or was that something you worked up to?
LYNN: I had been in the business about three months before I did my first anal scene. It was in a video called Pretty as You Feel. I was supposed to do it with Jerry Butler-who I think is wonderful-who was in the very first film I’d done. So I kind of agreed to do it. I was offered a lot more money; so I said yes, but I didn’t really want to. When I arrived on the set, I said, “I’ve changed my mind. I really can’t do this. I’ve only done it twice in my personal life. I can’t do this in front of people.”
Well, the producers had already made this big hype about how Ginger Lynn was going to do an anal; so it was a very difficult situation. It ended up that I downed a couple of shots of tequila, and everything
was fine. Anal sex is something you need to be really relaxed for even if you’re with someone you enjoy and like. It’s not something that you do on the spur of the moment.
HUSTLER: What do you like about anal sex? Is it a better fuck?
LYNN: For me a lot of the pleasure comes from the thought of what I’m doing-it’s just so nasty. When it’s done well, the guy’s cock presses against different areas of the vagina than in regular sex. Also, it’s a good position for me because I can touch myself more easily. It’s definitely a tum-on if it’s done right, but it can be very painful if you’re not prepared. I don’t plan on doing anals in films anymore, because it’s just not something that is comfortable to do in that situation. With everything that runs through your head, like Where’s the camera?, and concentrating on the character you’re portraying, it’s difficult to loosen up and relax. I’ve done quite a few anal scenes and quite a few double-penetration scenes; so people know I can do them and that I enjoy them-you can see it on film-but I don’t plan on doing any more.
HUSTLER: What about lesbian scenes? Are these a tum-on for you or just part of the business?
LYNN: I like doing girl/girl scenes. I’m bisexual and had been with two or three women before I started in pom; so, yes, they are a turn-on for me. Since it’s such a big part of the business, it really helps if you like doing it with girls.
HUSTLER: Are there many women in the industry who are strictly lesbians?
LYNN: Very few. And the ones who are usually don’t last long. Most of your scenes are with men, and if you’re totally into women, you’re not going to have a good scene with a man. So it’s better for women to be bisexual in this business.
HUSTLER: Is there anything you won’t do on film?
LYNN: I won’t do bondage or S&M. Anything like that I just don’t care to do. I don’t like violence in films. I did one movie that had rape scenes in it. I didn’t like it at all.
HUSTLER: Jailhouse Girls?
LYNN: That’s the one. I didn’t like filming Jailhouse Girls. It was the worst experience I’ve ever been through on a set. And not just because of the film itself It was my first time in New York, and the people there don’t give you the same amount of respect as they do on the West Coast. The only person on the whole crew or production team who I cared for at all was the director, Henri Pachard. He was the only one who I liked. I was booked to do three films there, but I left after the first one. I haven’t been back to New York since. I left that film in tears and with a lot less money than I had planned on leaving with. There was no sex scene where I played anything but the girl getting fucked against her will. So as far as I was concerned, my girl/girl scene with Raven was almost a show. There were all these reporters, and I said, “Now you’re going to see what a good sex scene is all about.”
All the sex scenes we’d done so far had been bullshit, and this was going to be a hot scene. It was Raven’s first time with a girl-sometimes it’s very difficult the first time you’re with a girl-but I helped her out and made it easy for her. I took over the scene, and it was hot.
HUSTLER: So much for your worst experience. What was one of your best? Is there something that stands out that you’d like to do again?
LYNN: John Holmes. Our scene in Girls on Fire was so exciting. It was my first time with him, and I was scared to death. I thought, There’s no way I can take that thing. But I did. John is one of my favorite people, and his cock is wonderful. The chemistry is there.
HUSTLER: With what other actors do you have a special rapport?
LYNN: My mood changes. If you’re with an actor too many times in a row, if he just seems to be the man you’re cast with lately, it gets to be. . . .
HUSTLER: Like marriage?
LYNN: Yeah. A little like marriage. It’s nice, but it’s just not hot and steamy like it is when you’re with someone new – which is the most exciting for me-or someone who you haven’t been with for a
while. Right now my favorite is Kevin James. I just worked with him in Taboo IV. Harry Reems is a favorite. Tom Byron, Peter North, Jamie Gillis. It changes. Paul Thomas. I tend to go for the older men a little bit more.
HUSTLER: Who’s the most fun fuck in porn?
LYNN: Jerry Butler. He’s hilarious. He’s wonderful.
HUSTLER: Does he crack jokes while you’re having sex?
LYNN: No. His whole personality is just fun. He’s just a fun fuck.
HUSTLER: Ron Jeremy is probably the one who’d crack jokes while you’re having sex.
LYNN: I don’t have sex with Ron Jeremy.
HUSTLER: Moving right along. . . what about women? Who do you enjoy having sex with the most?
LYNN: Well, Christy Canyon is a lot of fun, but I’d say Amber Lynn is my favorite.
HUSTLER: Sounds incestuous.
LYNN: We’re not related.
HUSTLER: What makes her so special?
LYNN: She’s hot. She’s very energetic, she enjoys what she does, she cares about what she does and wants to do a good job, and she’s a nasty lady.
HUSTLER: What about Tracy Lords? You don’t do many films together, do you?
LYNN: Those Young Girls was the last film where we had sex together. Tracy’s hot, but I think she’s a little better with men; so as for having sex with her, there are other women who I could have better scenes with. I want to have the best scene I can; so if I have a choice, then I normally don’t pick Tracy.
HUSTLER: Who do you think is the most boring female, sexually speaking?
LYNN: Well, that’s a toss-up between Angel and Raven. I did have one of my hottest scenes with Raven, but I’ve never seen her do anything else that impressed me very much.
HUSTLER: With men as well as women?
LYNN: Yeah. She and Angel are both really pretty girls, but I think they’re boring sexually. They don’t do anything. They don’t care.
HUSTLER: Why is that?
LYNN: Mostly I think they really don’t like it. That’s probably the main reason. They just kind of lie there-and they look good-but they don’t do anything, and that’s not a turn-on for me. Some men may like to just look at a beautiful girl, and that gets them off. But for me it’s not enough. I guess it’s all taste.
HUSTLER: One of the things about Angel is that she looks so innocent no matter what’s done to her-like in Too Naughty to Say No. Maybe it’s because she has other things on her mind. Innocent, however, is not a word that could be used to describe Ginger Lynn. In Between the Cheeks, for example, you have a cock in your pussy, one in your ass and another in your mouth, and it’s very apparent that you know it and love it.
LYNN: That scene is pretty nasty, isn’t it? Well, you know, when I first met Suze Randall, she and her husband were planning Too Naughty. This was when I was brand-new. Suze was one of the first people to shoot me, and they wanted me for the part of the innocent young girl. Well, within three months they decided to recast. I wonder why?
HUSTLER: Faking orgasms is a high art in porn. Who’s the best faker in the industry?
LYNN: Crystal Breeze. She’s fooled me and everyone on the set. She’s probably the hottest girl I’ve been with. One day we did a scene, she came, and I swore it was real. Everybody thought so; it was so great. So we asked her if it was real or if she was faking. I said, “Come on. Crystal, it was real.” But she said no. My jaw dropped to the floor.
HUSTLER: Is that something you do often-get together afterward and compliment each other on your orgasms?
LYNN: No, but if someone does a really good scene, I’m impressed because there are so many people who just go in, do it, get done, get their money and go home. It’s no big deal to them. When someone cares, if they’re enjoying themselves and really get into it, and it’s a turn-on, then most of the girls who are good will compliment one another when they’ve had a good scene.
HUSTLER: Are you influenced by other actresses?
LYNN: I haven’t seen anyone who’s influenced me, to tell you the truth. Everyone has their own sexuality, and I think mine’s just fine the way it is.
HUSTLER: Is there much rivalry or competition among the women?
LYNN: Often rivalries are made up by the magazines. If there are two girls who are hot at the same time, you’re going to hear that they were fighting on the set. No. We all get tired, we all get to where we don’t want to work, and we’re glad when there’s someone good in the group who can do the job. I think it’s a pleasure when I get on the set and somebody else does a hot scene. The hotter the whole movie is, the hotter I’m going to look.
HUSTLER: Didn’t you just make screen history with Annette Haven? Tell us about it.
LYNN: Annette, if you read this, please don’t get mad. Annette Haven won’t take a cum-shot in the face. We all have our do’s and don’ts, and that’s hers. Well, in The Grafenberg Spot Annette played a doctor, and I was a patient. This movie is about female ejaculation; so we had women coming-ejaculating fluid from their pussies. Everyone knew she wouldn’t take the shot in the face; so the Mitchell Brothers said, “Be sure to get her in the face. This is real important. This is going to go down in history.” So they loaded me up, and I was all ready. She got her face down there, and I let her have it. It took two takes because she dodged the first shot, but I finally got her. It was great. The Mitchells were thrilled.
HUSTLER: What pisses you off most about the whole porn-film industry?
LYNN: Agents.
HUSTLER: Do you have one?
LYNN: I represent myself now, but in the beginning, you have to start with somebody, and there are basically only two adult-films agents in Los Angeles. I can’t say I have very high opinions of them.
HUSTLER: They were recently arrested on pandering charges. Do you think that’s cause for alarm?
LYNN: The agents have been busted before. From what I’m told, this is something that happens every five years. People who have been around for a while say not to worry about it. It always happens; it will happen again-just be careful where you shoot. What goes around comes around, and whatever the agents got, they deserved.
HUSTLER: What about the X-rated producers who were recently arrested? One of them was convicted of pandering. Does this make you a prostitute because you’re paid to have sex?
LYNN: No. What I do is nowhere near prostitution. They’re two totally separate things. I’m an actress. I’m an erotic actress. I’m a performer just like a dancer or any other performer is. A prostitute takes money from the person she’s supposed to turn on. My goal is not to turn on the person I’m with for money. My main goal is to turn on the audience, my fans, the viewers. The two just don’t go together for me. I can’t comprehend what the big deal is to everybody.
HUSTLER: Should adult-film producers be doing more to fight this?
LYNN: The performers need to be informed as to what their rights are. They could be taught more. I really don’t know what more we can do.
HUSTLER: What about a defense fund?
LYNN: We have one. It’s a fund for girls and guys who need money when problems come up. There are lawyers for them. I say them. Me. Us.
HUSTLER: What do you think about the anti porn feminists and the ordinances they’re trying to get cities to adopt?
LYNN: I wish they’d just mind their own business. If they’re so offended by porn, they just shouldn’t watch it. I’m not degrading myself or anybody else. I do this because I like it, and people watch it because they enjoy it. Porn does not cause rape. It relieves sexual tension and adds to people’s sex lives. What’s wrong with magazines that show women with their legs spread? No one forces girls to do that. I’m proud of my body. I do centerfolds because I think I have a good body. I’m lucky I’ve got what I’ve got, and I’m not ashamed to share it. There are certain films that are degrading and pretty sick, but I don’t even know who makes those films or where they come from. If those women want to attack those things, they should go after those things alone, and not throw everything in one pile. Television commercials are demeaning to women if you want to go that far. I think the whole thing is silly.
HUSTLER: How do you decide what jobs to take? Have you done pretty much everything that was offered to you?
LYNN: I base my decision on how many sex scenes I have, how much Fm being paid and who I’m doing it with. In the beginning, money and having a good time were what were important-they’re still important-but I did turn things down. If you just keep giving and giving, you’re going to burn out.
HUSTLER: Is that the reason most of the women leave the porn industry after such a short time?
LYNN: Most of them leave because the agents will book you every day they can. They don’t earn a percentage of your salary; they only get a flat fee for each day you work. Naturally, they want you to
work as much as possible. At first it’s fun. You work every day, and you have all this money. Then all of a sudden you think, I’m so tired. I don’t want to do this anymore. I don’t want to fuck for a living. I want to go and do what I want to do. A lot of girls are too naive to ask for more money or say, “I’m not going to work with this guy; he’s a pig.” They don’t think of this as a profession. They go in and do it for the money. They don’t make demands; they let people push them around, and then they quit.
HUSTLER: Why do the men seem to last so much longer?
LYNN: For the most part because they can get it up. Not many men can get it up and keep it up in front of a camera. I don’t think I could if I were a man. Once you’ve proved you can do it, you can just keep on going.
HUSTLER: Is there an AIDS scare in the industry because some of the men do or have done gay films?
LYNN: That’s one of the reasons I decided not to do anal scenes anymore. I don’t know much about the disease, but from what I’m told, you usually get it from blood or cum. Since the men always pull out before coming in films, there’s probably not too much danger, but you still have to be careful.
HUSTLER: Do you talk about this with any of the other women?
LYNN: Sure. A lot of women won’t work with men who they know have worked with other men. / won’t work with them. I feel sorry for the guys whose careers in male films have been exposed because people in this business are very sexual, and a lot of the men are bi whether they admit it or not.
HUSTLER: Do the men who are bisexual try to keep it a secret, or is it pretty well known within the industry?
LYNN: Most of the men who I think or suspect are bisexual don’t openly admit it because it would jeopardize their careers. No one would work with them. I worked with someone who I later found out has worked in gay films, and I won’t work with him anymore. I feel sorry for the men who have been caught, but I have to look out for myself. We all do.
HUSTLER: Are diseases as a whole a big concern in the industry?
LYNN: I’ve never had anything in my whole life, in or out of the business. I know one person who has herpes, and no one works with this person anyway. I don’t know if she even really has it-she bitches about everything. People take really good care of themselves. This is their business. If you’ve got something, word spreads like that, and you don’t work again. My biggest concern with diseases is AIDS. With AIDS you die, okay? Any other disease-God forbid I should get anything-you can go and get a shot, and you’re all better. AIDS, you die! I’m definitely afraid of it.
HUSTLER: Are you recognized often in public?
LYNN: More and more every day. People are really nice when they recognize me. One time I was in a restaurant, and this gentleman-he was 30 or 40-came up to me and said, ” I love your films. I don’t want to talk too long-my mother’s with me-but my father loves you too, and I bought him a copy of one of your films.” And he started talking about different films. Usually being recognized is fun, and if I’m by myself, it’s fine. But if I’m with my boyfriend, it causes tension the whole night because he doesn’t like to be recognized with Ginger Lynn.
HUSTLER: He’s not from the industry?
LYNN: No.
HUSTLER: How does appearing in porn films affect your sex life?
LYNN: I used to say that I’ve always been picky, but I’d sleep with whoever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Once I started doing adult films, I got really, I guess the only way to put it is old-fashioned. I’d go to work and do my job, but in my personal life I only wanted one guy.
HUSTLER: So you wouldn’t say you’re promiscuous?
LYNN: No. I’m a one-man woman in my personal life.
HUSTLER: Is it always a man?
LYNN: I’ve had female lovers for extended periods of time. A lot of times if a relationship with a man doesn’t work out, I’ll go back to women for a while. There’s a reason. You can use different paraphernalia to get women off, but basically they’re soft, they’re pretty, and they smell good. A woman cannot fuck a womanyou make love to her. That’s what makes me go over to that side. Men are men. They’re tough and strong, and sex is different with them. Of course, I have wild, nasty sex with women too.
HUSTLER: Who do you have sex with when you’re not in a relationship?
LYNN: Myself. I have sex on the set, of
course, but at home I masturbate.
HUSTLER: A lot?
LYNN: I go through stages. There’ll be a month when I can take it or leave it, and then there will be times when I’ll have to come maybe six times a day.
HUSTLER: What’s your favorite method?
LYNN: I usually just use my hands. And oils.
HUSTLER: Is this always spontaneous, or do you try to set aside special times during the day?
LYNN: If I wake up horny, I’m usually horny all day. And whenever I feel the urge, and it’s the right place. . . .
HUSTLER: What’s the right place? Do you just say, “Excuse me; I’ve got to rush home and masturbate?”
LYNN: Sometimes I catch myself driving and playing with myself.
HUSTLER: Has anyone ever noticed?
LYNN: Yeah. One time I was sitting at a stoplight. I guess I wasn’t paying attention. I had a skirt on, and my hands must have been down between my legs. Three guys in this big truck next to me started hollering, “Yeahhh!” and beeping the horn. I turned beet red and drove off.
HUSTLER: A lot of men classify themselves as tit men or ass men. Is there a special part of a man’s body that turns you on?
LYNN: I like biceps. I like asses. It depends on the man. I usually find the part on each man that turns me on.
HUSTLER: Do you think you could recognize porn stars by their cocks alone?
LYNN: I bet I could pick out 90% of them.
HUSTLER: What about the women?
LYNN: I couldn’t pick out as many. I’d remember the especially nice pussies. I don’t know. They’re so hard to tell; don’t you think? Unless they have a funny color, or they’re pudgy, or there’s something unusual about them, or they’re really ugly.
HUSTLER: What’s your favorite kind of pussy?
LYNN: I like cute, nice little ones, pink ones. I don’t like pudgy ones. I just like pussies that look real pretty. Shaved ones are nice.
HUSTLER: What turns you off about pussy?
LYNN: Poor hygiene. I don’t like dirty women. If you’re not really clean, I have no desire to have sex with you. Cleanliness is very important to me. You have to take good care of your pussy to keep it in good shape. Regular hygiene isn’t enough for me. I like my women very, very clean.
HUSTLER: What about cocks-is bigger better?
LYNN: I won’t say it’s worse. Little ones aren’t that much fun. I don’t like little ones. Regular size is usually the best for me because you can do more. There are a lot more places you can put it. A lot more
things you can do with it. It fits in your mouth. Regular ones are the best. Big ones are fun; small ones aren’t. Unless, of course, you’re really good with your small one.
HUSTLER: Do you have a special technique for cocksucking?
LYNN: Well, it depends on the man. I tend to do whatever the man I’m with likes. A lot of men just like regular cocksucking, but for porn stars that’s just too ordinary.
HUSTLER: Do the porn studs tell you what to do?
LYNN: Sure, sometimes. Of course, if you’ve been with them enough times, you don’t need to ask. Some guys just like their balls licked. Some like you to stroke ’em; some don’t. Some don’t want you to touch their cock.
HUSTLER: Would you take it personally if a guy couldn’t get it up?
LYNN: Definitely. I would feel I wasn’t a turn-on. It’d be terrible. I’ve never had a situation where a guy couldn’t get it up or couldn’t come with me. Well, one time I did, but he was gay; so it wasn’t my fault. I guess that I enjoy it so much, I never have a problem.
HUSTLER: Could you retire today? Are you financially set up?
LYNN: I’ve done very well for myself in this business. In the past six months I’ve become financially wise. I could quit right now and be very comfortable for quite some time.
HUSTLER: What’s in store for the future?
LYNN: I hope some day to go legit. I’m a good actress. I’m not an accomplished actress-I have a lot to learn-but I think I have what it takes. And if I haven’t already ruined it by being Ginger Lynn, then someday I hope to go to other areas.
HUSTLER: What about a European career?
LYNN: With a European career you’re going to end up doing B movies for the rest of your life, and I don’t want that. I don’t want to have to go topless; I want to act. I’ll try it here in Hollywood. But whatever happens, I’ll be happy.