Tommy Gunn posts on www.loudside.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4

And now onto my 1st entry, Being A Male Porn Star…. It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.

I’m gonna try to give it to ya straight from the hip, Tommy Gunn style, on what it’s like to be a male performer in a business driven by marketing of the girls. Its a tough gig and breaking into the business is even harder. If you’re lucky enough to get the shot and can deliver the goods you might have what it takes can be around for a long time. But that’s only the beginning. As a guy in the business its your job to make the girls look good and you’re often called on to perform in some of the most difficult situations and settings, from the hood of the car, to a wooden staircase to the top of a grand piano with a short time to deliver.

How’s that sound so far?

Lets move to some other interesting situations: How about being on set for a shoot for 10 hours in costume before you even shoot your sex scene. Sounds like fun huh? Sure! Ok, how’s about performing in front of 20 people under hot lights? No problem? Well then how about stopping and starting five times because the lights need changing or the girl’s make up is messed up or there’s a technical problem with the equipment… all the while still trying to keep it hard in front of 15 guys you never met.

Piece of cake? Then you’re ready for more things that you haven’t thought about. Just when you thought, “Wow, this couldn’t get anymore crazier,” bam, they hit you with, “The girl you were supposed to work with is sick.” So you’re gonna work with a replacement who may not be your type.

Sorry.

“This is a job and not a dating service,” screams the director, “so it’s up to you to get the job done.”

These are only a few things that you may not have thought about.

But let’s say you’re doing well, handling the job and performing. You decide, hey, I like one of the girls I’ve worked with and ask her out on a date. It becomes serious and you’re like, “Wow, I like this girl.”

There’s the balance of trying juggle a relationship with your job and jealousy may start. You can’t stand the thought of her being with another guy now, or vice versa. A fight happens maybe before you’re off to work. All you have on your mind is the fight you just had and not about what your hired to do — perform! Your head is clouded and you’re not focused.

Then it happens.

You strike out. Or have wood problems.

This is where it gets tough, being able to separate the relationship from work and move forward, forgetting about the catastrophe of a bad scene where you struggled because you lost focus.

Then you take that bad experience, bring it to the next set and you mind fuck yourself. You’re a human not a machine and you’re not going to hit a home run every time. This is a little of what goes on along with having the best job in the world — a male porn star.

If you even get to call yourself that, because not many of the guys go on to build a name. You realize that most of the fans are interested in the girls and not the guys.

A tough thing to accept is that the weight of the whole scene rests on the male performer’s shoulders to get the job done. That’s a lot of pressure and you won’t even be mentioned the end of the day. So you still wanna be a porn star?

There’s more. But I’m gonna leave off here and encourage you to write in and ask me what you always wanted to know.