Interview With Seka

When you think about it, adult stars come a dime a dozen. There is an endless sea of women who drift in and out of the adult business never to be heard from again. Most of them come along to make a quick buck, not giving much thought into what they are doing. They disappear just as quickly as they came never to be heard from again.

There are a few who come along who turn the entire industry on it’s head. Women who become superstars and achieve a level of fame not often achieved by a porn star. What makes these women different from the average run-of-the-mill starlet? What is it that they have that the others do not?

Women who reach the upper echelon of porn greatness all have a few things in common with one another. First and foremost, they are beautiful creatures, with an appeal that sets them apart from the rest of the crowd. There is just something about them, that you just cannot put your finger on, that adds to their attractiveness. They also have to have a little luck, and come into the business at the right time and place. But most of all they are all enthusiastic about what they do. They are painfully aware of their sexual power, and use it to light-up the screen with powerful performances, and instantly capture the desire of multitudes of men.

You can literally count the number of women who reach the very top of the porn business on your fingers. You have your Annettes, your Gingers, your Jennas and then you have Seka. One of a kind, Seka was one of the first superstars of adult cinema. Like a blond sex bomb she burst upon the scene and was an instant star. She passionately performed for several years and enjoyed a longevity that few women in the adult entertainment industry achieve.

I recently contacted her, and she agreed to be interviewed. I was completely surprised how easy she was to contact and how willing she was to participate. She is a very gracious and down-to-earth person and it has been an absolute honor to interview her.

Where were you born?

Seka: Radford Virginia

Where did you grow up?

Seka: Virginia

What was your family life like, your parents, siblings, how would you describe your family?

Seka: 1 brother 1 sister, both older; I’m the baby. Pretty normal I guess. Parents divorced when I was young. I am still close with nearly everyone in my family.

What was your earliest sexual experience? At what age did you lose your virginity?

Seka: April 22,1972, the day after I got married the first time.

I read that you were a beauty queen in high school and during your early adult life. What are some of the pageants you won?

Seka: Miss Hopewell High School and Miss South-side Virginia.

What other jobs did you have before getting involved in adult entertainment?

Seka: Factory worker, waitress, shoe sales person, bartender…

Did you go to college?

Seka: Yes, Northwestern in Chicago

I read that you were once a co-owner of a few adult bookstores before you became involved in the adult film business. How did you get involved with the owning a bookstore and was that something you enjoyed?

Seka: I was dating a person who owned one and then as time went on we bought several more of them and yes I did enjoy the stores very much.

When did you first become involved in the adult film industry?

Seka: It was in the late 70’s.

When did you start using the name “Seka” and what does it mean?

Seka: The first movie I did I was asked what name I wanted to use and I said ” I don’t know use “SEKA” What I have been told it means is “LITTLE GIRL”

You performed with some of the best known studs of the 70’s and 80’s. I’m going to throw out a couple of men that you performed with and I want you to give me your impression of them. Randy West, John Leslie, Jamie Gillis, and Ron Jeremy.

Seka: They were, and still to this day, some of the most wonderful men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing or being with.

You also performed with the “King” John Holmes. In fact, it appears that you may have performed with him more than any other woman, and according to your IAFD page, you did more scenes with John than any other man during your career. How close were you with John in your personal life? Were the two of you ever romantically involved off-screen? How was he as a performer? A person?

Seka: I loved John and will always love John. We were never lovers off screen. John was always a perfect gentleman with me as a performer and as a person.

I read somewhere that you spent a year in rehab in the late 70’s. Is this correct?

Seka: I was never in rehab for anything ever. I never did see drugs on the movies I worked on so I can not answer this question for you.

I was also surprised to learn that you actually spent some time in jail in San Diego during the early 80’s. What lead to that ordeal? What were you arrested for? Were you actually sentenced to a prison term, or just arrested?

Seka: I spent 12 hours in the Women San Diego Prison for lewd dancing and obscene conduct.
I was never convicted as it was a case of they just wanted to try to make an example of someone and it turned out that I was not the one.

Your IAFD page says that you actually directed two titles. Was directing something that you enjoyed? Why did you not pursue more directing jobs?

Seka: I enjoyed it very much though it is very stressful and I just wanted to give it a try.

You stayed active in adult film from the late 70’s through the early 90’s, which is an eternity in adult film. You started at 24 years old which is the age most girls retire from the business. You actually retired at about 40 which is just way beyond when most girls give it up. Despite your age, you were in high demand throughout your career. Why did you give it up? What made you quit the film business? Could you have kept going?

Seka: I am sure I could have kept going but I am in love with living and there were no demands being made for testing in those days so I stopped.

The adult film business has changed a lot since your heyday. Do you think has changed for the better or worse? What do you think is lacking in today’s porn movies?

Seka: I don’t fell it has changed for the better. It seems to me that most everyone looks the same these days, there is no romance any more or at least a reason for sex to happen in the first place. It seems to me that that there is so much ANGER in today’s Adult Movies and for me at least SEX and that kind of ANGER do not mix.

What have you been up to all these years after you left the adult film business? Where have you lived? What have you been through? Tell us about things you have been involved in. Your fan club, websites, personal life… etc…

Seka: For the most part I have been working on www.seka.com and my life.

I remember reading that you performed in a hardcore scene a few years ago and that it is available on the Internet. Where can your fans go to see the scene?

Seka: On my site www.seka.com under the VOD banner that says ” clips.com “

What was it like to perform in a sex scene after all the years away from adult film?

Seka: I didn’t miss a beat. LOL

Describe the scene, what can your fans expect to see watching you perform hardcore at over 50?

Seka: The only difference I saw was that I had a hell of a lot more fun, there was no pressure.

Was it just the one scene, or have you done more? If not do you plan on doing any more?

Seka: There were several scenes, go and watch.

Did you ever have any children over the years?

Seka: No, I never wanted children.

It’s surprising to learn that you never really left the adult business. You pretty much stayed active with your fan club, dancing and websites, etc. Do you have any plans of ever retiring completely?

Seka: No.

Are you currently romantically involved with anyone? Married? Dating? Single?

Seka: Married.

Do you enjoy interaction with your fans? Have you ever dated any of your fans? What is the best way that your fans can contact you?

Seka: Yes I enjoy interacting with my fans, never dated my fans. and the best way to reach me is through www.seka.com .

Any chance you would ever hookup with a younger fan, say by about 20 years, who runs a website about retired porn stars?

Seka: No, I’m married and I take that very seriously.

That was a joke… I guess it does not hurt to ask

Seka is still a hot, sexy, smokin' lady

Is there anything else in your life that you would like to mention that I did not cover? Anything you would like to say to your fans?

Seka: Thank each and every one of my fans from the bottom of my heart, with out all of you I would not be who I am today and I owe that to my fans. They were and to this day the BEST FANS a girl could ever have.

Thank you very much for your time, and I would love to do another interview sometime in the future when there are new things to talk about. Please stay in touch.

Seka: Well hopefully that will be very soon. You see I have a book coming out …
The title is “Inside Seka” just like the movie and as a matter of fact it will have the same cover on the book as the movie has.

I will get in touch with you when the book comes out to discuss it.

Inside Seka box cover

Katie Gold the Webmaster

Remember Katie Gold? The cute-as-can-be gonzo girl from the late 90’s. The one who retired from the adult business in 1999 at the age of 21?

Well after her retirement, Katie graduated from Philadelphia University with a degree in fashion merchandising and promptly returned to the porn life in August of 2002. Apparently she is putting her education to good use. Katie’s MySpace page says that although she is not officially retired, she has not been performing much lately because she is focusing on producing her own web content and managing her own websites. One of her sites is www.xxxUrbanLegends.com according to her profile.

Katie has also attempted to form a porn actors union similar to the Screen Actors Guild in mainstream Hollywood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Gold

http://www.myspace.com/katiegoldxxx

Holly Randall Interview, A Legend In Her Own Right

I recently contacted Holly Randall the daughter of legendary photographer Suze Randall. In recent years Holly has built an impressive portfolio of her own, doing photo shoots for several of the major men’s magazines and starting her own photography company. Here is the interview:

Where and when were you born?

I was born in Hollywood, California in September of 1978.

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Los Angeles, on the West side.

What was your early childhood like, what are your earliest memories?

I rode horses a lot—that was pretty much my life. My earliest memories are almost all about horses. I was a fairly solitary kid—I was shy, and didn’t have a lot of friends. I mostly read books, rode my horse, and played by myself.

What was your family life like? Do you have any siblings?

Family life was good—I have a younger brother and a sister. My parents never fought, we always ate dinner together, and went on family vacations a lot. I was fortunate to have a good childhood.

Describe yourself as a child.

I was awkward, geeky, and very shy. I liked boys a lot but the feelings weren’t reciprocated. I was smart, and my reading comprehension was extraordinarily high. In fact, I skipped first grade because I was so far ahead of all of my classmates, and the teachers made the mistake of thinking I was some kind of child prodigy. In retrospect, it wasn’t the best idea, since socially I had an even harder time adjusting, but my parents were new and when someone tells you your kid is brilliant, of course you believe them. Though I always did well in school, I was certainly no genius.

Where did you go to high school?

Calabasas High.

How old were you when you first learned of your mother’s profession? How did you feel when you first found out what she does for a living? Did it effect you in any way knowing that our mother was an erotic photographer?

Everyone asks me this question, and I always have the same boring answer—there was no one moment when I suddenly “knew”. My parents didn’t ever hide their profession from me, though they also didn’t try to expose it to me. I knew they did “adult stuff” and I was too young to look at my mom’s photographs. At first I didn’t really care, because I was too young and wrapped up in my little world of unicorns and rainbows. But as I began to reach puberty, my curiosity peaked and I started sneaking into the office (which was actually our guest house, across the yard), to steal magazines.

Do you feel that you were exposed to things as a child because of your mother’s work? Did her work effect your sexual development as an adolescent? Do you feel that you grew up faster than other children?

Yes I was definitely exposed to things I should not have been as a child. Keep in mind this is no fault of my parents’, since they kept me locked out of the office, but kids have a way of sneaking around and getting at what they want. I was fascinated by sex as a child, but I didn’t act out on it—boys frightened me a little, so I was never romantically involved with anyone until I was older.

You rode horses competitively for many years. Tell us more about that, and some of your achievements. Do you still ride horses?

I got my first horse at the age of seven, but I’d been riding horses since before I could walk. It consumed my life—I had to give up any extracurricular activities I would take up, because they’d interfere with the rigorous equine schedule my mother had set me up with. I grew to resent the sport because of it, and at the age of 17, when I won the Preliminary Championships, I quit. I don’t ride horses anymore, because I was so suffocated with the sport as a child. I’ve lost all interest in them.

Where did you go to college? What did you study? Did you graduate?

I went to a few colleges—mainly Brooks Institute of Photography, and UCLA. I didn’t graduate from Brooks because I didn’t like it there, and my parents begged me to move home from Santa Barbara (where the college is located) and help them out with the website. It was after that move that I pursued a literature degree from UCLA, and I received that in 2003.

How did you first get into photography? Was it your mother got you involved?

Actually no, my mother didn’t get me involved. I had an extra class to fill when I was in junior high, so I elected to take a photography class. I fell in love instantly, and it’s been my passion ever since. I decided to follow in my mother’s footsteps about 6 months after I started working for her—at the time I was just doing office work, copyright enforcement, mainly (this was at the very beginning of our website launch). It wasn’t a conscious decision—I started shooting sets on some models whose websites we were running: Aimee Sweet and Alexus Winston. I’d befriended them so it was a slow, easy start. Then it just snowballed from there, and the next thing you know, 10 years have gone by and I’m set to take over running the company.

What are some of the publications you have shot for?

I’ve shot for Penthouse, Hustler, Playgirl, High Society, Club, Cheri, Genesis, to name a few.

Describe you relationship with your mother as a child, a teenager and now as a young adult.

My relationship with my mother was great as a child, though at times I did resent her for the whole horses-were-my-life kind of thing. As a teenager, it was a difficult as it normally is when your hormones are raging and you’re a total brat. As a young adult it was great, until my drinking problem really began to spin out of control, and then I was angry at her and everyone else who was worried about me and tried to make me stop. Now, at a year’s sobriety, it’s better than it’s ever been. She’s truly the best mom I could ask for.

You mother is a legend in the business. Now that you are a photographer, how do you feel about being compared to your mother? Do you feel pressure to live up to her level of success?

Sometimes I feel the pressure, sure. And yes, I’m often compared to her, and not always favorably (in my case). But the business is much different these days then it was in her heyday, so there are many more elements to running this business these days. I’m comfortable with who I am and the level of my work, so I don’t feel “less-than”, as some may think I would.

Being around beautiful women since you were a child and now shooting them, do you find yourself attracted to women? Have you ever had any sexual experiences with women? If not would you ever do so?

No, sad to say I’m 100% heterosexual. I’ve only been with women twice, and in both cases there was another man involved, and in both cases I was really drunk. As much as I admire the female form and think they’re beautiful, I’m not sexually attracted to them at all.

How would you describe yourself sexually? Does your own sexuality play out in your work? Do you find yourself expressing your own fantasies through your work?

I’m a pretty kinky girl, but you wouldn’t know it because I come off as really innocent. I really enjoy S&M (as a submissive), but I’m particular about who I sleep with, and most guys aren’t into that. So in that sense, I do enjoy shooting fetish, and it’s fun to actually personalize the shoot.

You do a lot of work for Suze.net which is your mother’s site. Do you think that you will eventually completely control the site and her legacy? Does your mother have any plans for retiring from being a photographer?

Yes on both questions—the idea is that when she retires (which will probably be never, haha) I take over control of the company. She’s already stepped back a great deal—I do almost all the shooting now.

You also run HollyRandall.com, how does your work differ from your mother’s? Do you find it difficult to differentiate your own work from hers.

Well Hollyrandall.com is just a free site, a kind of feeder into Suze.net. Yes our work is very similar for obvious reasons, but I prefer a more modern twist, and I enjoy shooting fetish more.

Are you currently involved with anyone?

No. I’m single 90% of the time because (as I’ve been told), I have commitment issues. I prefer to believe that I simply haven’t found the right guy, and I’m incapable of settling.

What are some of your long-termed goals both professionally and personally? Do you plan on getting married? Having children?

I do want to get married, and have children. Very much so. But I’ve not yet dated any man I would want to spend the rest of my life with, or have as the father of my children.

Are there any other projects or upcoming things you would like to tell your fans about or anything you would like to add?

I am currently working on a photo book, which I hope will be released by the end of this year. Besides that, I do have some projects in the works, but I don’t like to talk about them unless it’s a sure thing.

Big thanks to Holly for doing this interview. My impression of Holly is that she is a very talented and intelligent young woman who has a lot to look forward to in life. Look for big things from her in the future.

http://www.hollyrandall.com/

http://www.suze.net/