Different Strokes: How I (Gulp!) Wrote, Directed, and Starred in an X-rated Movie (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior) by Lawrence Block & as John Warren Wells

Author:Lawrence Block & as John Warren Wells [Block, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lawrence Block
Published: 2012-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

An Interview

JWW: Well, I suppose we open with the standard question.

SOPHIE: Which is?

JWW: Well, how did a crummy lady like you get into a good-looking business like this?

SOPHIE: How did a . . . oh, I get it. Well, as to how I got into the business, I didn’t get into it the way so many other people do. For example, I never played one-reelers or loops. I never had bit parts.

JWW: You were always a star.

SOPHIE: Not exactly, but pretty close. In a couple of pictures I played the second female lead, in others I had the lead. So what it amounts to is I always had a major part and these were all major films, full-length films shot for theatrical release.

JWW: I see.

SOPHIE: So I came into the business as an actress rather than someone who was just willing to fuck in front of a camera.

JWW: You had had previous acting experience?

SOPHIE: Oh, definitely. A lot of amateur work, some off-Broadway stuff, basically showcase stuff. Also a couple of appearances on television. Mostly walk-ons, but I had five lines in one episode of As The World Turns, for example. And I’ve studied acting, I’ve taken courses. I think I told you about that.

JWW: Uh-huh.

SOPHIE: So getting back to how I got into it, there was this fellow I knew who had made a couple of underground films, something along the lines of what Andy Warhol was doing a few years ago, and he decided it was time to make some money, and he had backing and he wanted to shoot a porn feature. He and I were good friends and he asked me if I wanted to be in it.

JWW: What was your reaction?

SOPHIE: Well, I’ll tell you. At first my reaction was completely negative.

JWW: Why?

SOPHIE: Because that’s the usual reaction, I guess. You know, somebody tells you they want you to take off your clothes and fuck people for a movie, it doesn’t coincide with your image of self. My immediate reaction was that I was an actress and not a whore.

JWW: But you changed your mind.

SOPHIE: Yeah.

JWW: Why?

SOPHIE: Oh, wow. That’s a good question. Let’s see.

JWW: Take your time.

SOPHIE: Well, first of all, I’m a sexually liberated person.

JWW: What do you mean by that, exactly?

SOPHIE: That I’m sexually liberated. Well, in essence, that I’ve outgrown most of the usual hang-ups. A long time ago I managed to figure out that you didn’t have to love somebody in order to dig fucking them. You didn’t even have to like them a hell of a lot. Naturally it’s better if you like the person you’re fucking, and it’s stone dynamite if you also happen to love them, but it’s not absolutely essential to enjoying yourself sexually. And I found that I didn’t wind up feeling guilty over anything that I did sexually. A sexual relationship could still be a bummer, I mean, like nothing is perfect every time, but even a bummer was no reason to feel guilty afterward.

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