Porn Valley- I’m at Jerry’s Deli Saturday afternoon, and attorney Michael Fattorosi introduces me to Camryn Kiss.

I take it Fattorosi’s her lawyer because when the subject comes up about why Kiss has left Shy Love’s agency to go to A List Talent, he says something about attorney-client privilege, which is something like the kill joy seal of the confessional if you’re trying to get juicy stories out of a Catholic priest.

For her part, Kiss has been in the business about a year and hails from Rhode Island where she was a house dancer at the Cadillac Lounge in Providence. She met Shy Love who brought her into the business. Kiss moved to Los Angeles.

“She was a feature dancer there,” recalls Kiss. “She saw me, approached me and asked if I ever thought about doing this. I was pretty hesitant at first. Over a couple of months she basically talked me into coming out here.”

The attractive aspect, obviously, was the money, says Kiss who came out for two weeks. She ended up staying for three then decided to move out here.

“I figured I could get more work, make more money and put more money away,” says Kiss. “It didn’t quite work out that way. I ended up staying here a couple of months, deciding it wasn’t for me. I went home for a few months, but in November I decided to come back.”

Kiss’ first scene was for Adam & Eve’s Bubble Gum Cuties, working for director Will Ryder.

“He’s very, very into his work and knows what he’s doing,” says Kiss. “I got to meet a cool bunch of people on set. That lay a foundation for me further into my career working with people.

“It’s intimidating at first because you don’t know all those people,” she reflects. “It was pretty crazy for me- it was intense.”

In the time she’s been in the business, Kiss feels she’s been treated with respect.

“Though I did feel uncomfortable in certain situations,” she adds. “I’ve had experiences where I didn’t want to be in certain places and conflicts arose from me not wanting to be there, plus there was behavior of certain individuals where I had a difficult time being there and performing. The scene wound up being called but that’s the only thing I can remember that was ever disturbing. And in those cases you never work with those people again.”

Kiss describes herself as a creative person who had a wild streak as a kid.

“I was a class clown always making jokes,” she says. “My report card in grade school always said she likes to talk a lot and we’ve had to move her a couple of times. It doesn’t matter who we put her next to, they end up talking through the whole class.”

According to Kiss, that tag followed her through high school and college.
But Kiss admits she’s still the class clown.

“I’m the joker,” she says. “I think everything is funny; I really try to have fun and add humor into everything I do. If you take yourself too seriously, life becomes boring.”

If she wasn’t doing porn, Kiss thinks it’s hard to say why might have been the career alternative.

“I’ve always asked myself that question- what am I going to be doing in five years,” she states. “I’ve never been able to paint myself a picture which kind of explains why I never picked steady work. Everybody picks out college based on what they want to be, and I just never knew what I wanted.

“But I knew I always wanted to be involved in entertainment. I love to entertain people. I think I’m the best at that. I wanted to sing, I wanted to dance, I want to act. I pretty much wanted to do all those things in different portions of my life. When I was younger I sang. When I got a little bit older I started dancing and always tried out for dance group in school.”

“Then when I got out of high school I started go-go dancing at a couple of clubs in Rhode Island,” she laughs.

“I danced at Tantric then began house dancing at strip clubs thinking I could make a lot more money than $200 a night, and all I have to do is take my top off. So that’s how that began.”

Kiss isn’t an exhibitionist by any stretch but says going topless wasn’t too bad since she had already been a waitress in those clubs and was comfortable with the environment.

“Then I realized who those girls really were,” she adds. “At first I was like everyone else with those stereotypes in my head: like, these are all hookers. Then I got to know them and I realized these are girls that are paying off school. These are girls that are moms. These are girls that are smart and want the money for a fancy car.

“Eventually it became a business-thing for me. I figured if I got it, I should use it. When kids are smart they skip grades. I figured if I have a tremendous body I’m going to skip a couple of years in college and use that to make my money. So I can pay for schooling.”

According to Kiss, she doesn’t come from a rich family though her parents always supported her as much as they possibly could. But prospects of four year college weren’t that feasible.

“Now here I am 20 years old with a really expensive apartment, and I have really nice things,” says Kiss. “In a year from now I’m going to be able to pay college off completely. That’s basically how I look at it- from a business standpoint.”

With school a viable prospect, Kiss says she has a better idea of what she’d do, describing her move out of state as the removable of the comfortable safety net that matured her.

“Once that was gone and I was on my own, I had to figure things out for myself,” she says. “I think that made me grow up a lot. Going so far in the industry made me progress mentally. I’ve met a lot of people and I’ve had different ideas. Now looking around everything and realizing what I’m doing, I’m gravitating towards that entertainment-thing again.

“I like to write. I like to draw. I like to fantasize and put that on paper. Maybe I’ll draw or take some photography and art classes, some video classes and figure from there where I fit in and what I’m good at.

“I just want to go back to school for art and design and something very creative.”

Sexually, Kiss describes herself as a late bloomer whose first experience didn’t come until she was 17.

“It was not what I expected,” she laughs nervously. Kiss seems hesitant to share anything beyond that.

“Was it a boyfriend or a drifter passing through town?” I ask her.

“It was somebody who I knew for a really long time,” she answers. “I don’t know. It was nice. It was cool. I think it was like in the heat of the moment. We didn’t plan it. It happened, yeah, let’s not talk about that. I don’t want anyone to read it and get upset.”

“That’s the whole idea behind an interview- you got to upset somebody,” I tell her.

“This person it happened with- we hurt some feelings along the way, of other people,” replies Kiss. “We got into tiffs all the time. Now we’re civil, like we talk to each other but it’s never been the same. When you’re kids you think you’re smart and grown up. But maybe I could have waited a bit longer. My feelings weren’t the same after that.”

According to Kiss, her family didn’t like the fact she was a waitress in a strip club much less porn.

“But they support me in whatever I do, but they don’t support this,” she answers. “They prefer not to talk about it then have bad feelings towards it. They just pretend like it’s not there.”

They still keep in touch, she says.

“My mom is the most important person in my life,” says Kiss. “My dad comes next. I’ve always been a really big family person. When you’re a teenager you get into tiffs with your parents and don’t get along with them because they want to put all these rules out there which you don’t understand. So you fight about it and rebel. But when you become older you realize they only want the best thing for you. I know a lot of people don’t have good relationships with their parents but to me that’s the most important thing. Always remember that they always want the best for you.”

Kiss has a couple of companies she enjoys working for including Pistol Whipped.

“Derek is an amazing director and so is Julian,” she says. They’re both really, really cool people. I’ve worked for them a lot and have always had a good time on set. We joke and we get work done and it’s fun and extremely professional.

“Zak Wylde is also an awesome director,” she goes on to say. “He works for Diabolic, and I’ve had some of my more fun shoots with him. Craven Moorehead is one of my best friends and I’ve shot a lot for him. He is an amazing person. He has great ideas and there’s always a fun time on set with him. He’s more like a brother to me than anything.

“I love New Sensations and have worked for Scott a couple of times. That’s been a lot of fun.”

Among male performers, Kiss thinks Tommy Gunn is great.

“And Michael Stefano is amazing,” she adds. “My two top scenes were with Michael Stefano. And they were both for New Sensations. Jack Vegas is also a top, top performer and a really cool guy. He’s very friendly and very professional. Will Powers is very funny and I always have a good time with him on set. I laugh more than anything- sometimes we can’t get through the scene because he’s just so funny. I remember we had to do a scene where we adlibbed everything. He has being my principal and I was bad in school.

“Just the things that were coming out of his mouth were hilarious. I couldn’t even be sexy any more because I was being clumsy cause I was laughing so hard. It was great.”

Physically, Kiss likes really fit guys, tall and muscular with dark skin and dark eyes.

“A sense of humor- I love a good sense of humor,” she adds. “There’s nothing better than someone who keeps me laughing. I love it. If you can make me laugh that’s how you can judge if we’re going to have a second date or not.”

“And I like smart guys- I like guys who have a little background knowledge of everything who can teach me something. I like to have intellectual conversations.”