- [on Marc Stevens] He was a weird and crazy guy. Everyone says Marc was gay but I really think he was bisexual. I never felt like he didn't enjoy sex with a woman. He was fun though. He was up for everything and anything.
- [on acting in porn movies] I hated acting! I'm a terrible actress. That was not my thing. I just ... I couldn't ... Some of the things were so ridiculous you want to laugh instead of delivering the lines. The sex was fine but the acting was not my thing. I never pretended it was.
- [on doing porn in the mid-1970's] It was a hand to mouth existence. All of us were looking for the next job while working on the current one. We did fill-in jobs like still photo spreads, or stripping for cash at parties. This was the era when men's magazines started to emerge, like High Society and Cheri. If you got a nice photo spread in High Society, it could help you command more money on a film set, especially if you were a new actor or actress. Many actresses did escort work on the side. It was sex for money without anyone recording the deed. It was faster and could pay better than films. The working conditions were generally a nice hotel room, and a speedy exit for the gal or guy escort.
- [on Jamie Gillis] An A+ actor. And very kinky. He was up for anything. Anything. Guys, girls, S&M. There were no limits. I was told several stories about young ladies who went home with him, and so I made sure I never did. I'm not into getting screwed with my head in the toilet bowl!
- [on Darby Lloyd Rains] Terrific gal. She was a professional nightclub singer, and she had a self confidence and an air about her. She's a born performer. A super-professional. We hit it off.
- [on Tina Russell and Jason Russell] They were a devoted couple, but they were busy screwing everyone else as well. It was the strangest thing. It's like he would watch her screwing somebody and cheer her on. Strange, but hey, whatever makes you happy. I think their relationship was essentially a good one, but it was hard to tell. I saw them on movie sets and they were always professionals.
- [on Wade Nichols] So sad. That makes me want to cry. I got to know Wade pretty well. Unfortunately for me he didn't like girls too much and he never made a pass at me, but we did have our chuckles. He bought me a beautiful leather portfolio so I had somewhere to put my papers. He liked boys and he did a few gay films. In many respects he was the total opposite of Marc Stevens. Wade was humble, polite, and soft spoken. He was stunning, very handsome; he had that Marlboro man look. He was always well groomed and had this very trimmed mustache and was in great shape. And then he made it big on the daytime soap The Edge of Night (1956) in the 1980's. His death was heartbreaking.
- [reflecting on her career in porn] I had my moment. It's over. I've moved on. It's a part of my life. I certainly don't care to advertise it with my current life, but its part of who I was then. I'm just thankful I did it before there was the AIDS epidemic and I'm thankful I left, that I didn't get involved deeper. I didn't make it a career. I lived it as an adventure in my life and when it was time, I said goodbye. I moved back to the life I had before the adult films. I cry for people like Marc Stevens who basically never grew up and left the business. I'm thankful I never became a star. When I read the obituaries of John Leslie, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Jamie Gillis, and others, it is so sad that few of them were able to lead a normal life outside of the porn business.
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