Ain't It Cool Interviews Ginger Lynn

Industry legend Ginger Lynn made a splashy comeback earlier this year when she signed with VCA Pictures for a series of event movies.

The flaxen-haired starlet was recently interviewed by Internet movie gossip site Aint-It-Cool-News.com and the subject of Lynn's feelings about the adult film industry came up:

AICN: How has your experience been since returning to the adult video industry?

GINGER: My return to the adult film industry has been interesting. It's been kinda like slitting my wrists. Sometimes it's all warm and fuzzy, sometimes it hurts like hell and sometimes I wonder what the fuck I was thinking. It is either the most brilliant decision I've ever made or I'm a total idiot. Time will tell. I will say the industry has changed drastically since I left it 14 years ago. Some things have changed for the better, some things have just changed. I think what I miss the most about the good old days is the comradery (sic) of the actors. It was such a close knit family back then. Everybody knew everybody and we were all friends for the most part. There were maybe 30 or 40 performers, and we were almost like family in some strange way. Today there are nearly a thousand performers. I grew up in porno. Then I moved away. I romanticized the memory of the industry. When I came back I realized that porno was a nice place to grow up, a nice place to visit, a nice place to spend a few weeks a year, but I don't want to live there anymore. There's no place like home.

AICN: What type and length of contract are you under?

GINGER: I signed an exclusive three picture deal with VCA Films with an open option to do three more pornos if I so desire. My first release in over 14 years is "Torn" which was released in September of 1999. Torn recently (March of 2000) won Best Video Of The Year at the XRCO Award. Which in my opinion is the only honest awards ceremony in the adult film industry. The XRCO does not own a magazine in which film companies can purchase advertising space. Or film awards. My second release is "White Lightning" which will hit the streets and video stores on April 15th, 2000. The third in my comeback series "New Wave Hookers 6" (I was in the original in 1985) is scheduled to shoot in May of 2000..

AICN: Are there any particular changes in the industry you’re not happy with since your return? Anything that you are particularly happy about?

GINGER: I’m unhappy about three things: fake tits, fake orgasms & really fucked up attitudes.

AICN: Anything that you are particularly happy about?

GINGER: Changes I am happy about? That would be better catering.

AICN: The U.S. Attorney case – you’ve got to be proud of yourself, there’s nothing in this world more important to me than loyalty, and amidst all the madness, you kept your head and stuck to your guns. Would you change anything if you were able? What of the repercussions?

GINGER: I'm going to keep it simple regarding my trial, our federal government, the IRS and our judicial system. For those of you who don't know the basics of the story here they are: I refused to testify against adult film producers on Tracy Lords behalf. My Daddy didn't raise any snitches. The government didn't like it. They tried to charge me with tax evasion. I'd paid my taxes. They charged me with willfully subscribing to a false tax return. My accountant had prepared my taxes. I had a trial. I sold my home. I spent every penny I ever made in adult films defending myself against a crime I never committed. I was facing 6 years federal time. I got 750 hours of community service, 3 years of probation and mandatory drug testing. I violated probation twice and spent 4 months and 17 days in federal prison. I have a lot more character
now.