Nina Hartley

Enthusiasm, personality, the greatest-ass-ever-in-porn, and--by all accounts I've found--an all-around grand lady.

I love you and thank you for all the memories, Nina.

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It's true that I'm nearing the end of doing regular performances on screen. After 22 years, there's just not much for me to do any more. While I still think of myself as just Nina, or as a hot blonde with a great ass who gives killer head, my age and seniority put me firmly in the specialty catagory: Legend or MILF. There's ony so much calling for either one, and that's just a fact.

I love the tremendous support that I've gotten from my fans over the past two decades. It'll be hard to let it go, as I truly love what I do. I'm going to miss being an active performer, no doubt, but all good things must come to an end. I dare say I'll be finishing up within the next twelve months or so.

As well, I've written a book, "Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex," which will be published Oct. 19 by Avery Press. It's really good, and I expect it to open up new and different avenues for me. "Leave 'em wanting more," as the saying goes. I know my long time fans, who have been with me since 1984, would like me to go on forever. I know there are people out there who think I"m ten or more years past my "pull date." Well, I finally feel it's time to move forward with what's next for me. I'll never not be NIna; after hundreds of movies it would be impossible for me to deny my past. I'll never not want to meet and greet my fans; I'm a people person, after all!

I look forward to the odd special appearance on camera. Every now and again I expect a feature to need a performer in my age catagory, if only for a non-sex role, and I'll enjoy those opportunities a lot. And, if the scene calls for a blowjob well, I'm always game for some cocksucking!

Kamp: thanks for your comments! I recently made Syrens of Sex II, with Jada FIre and a guy whose name escapes me (sorry!) I don't know when it will be released.

My next Guides are Erotic Massage and The Ultimate Sex Party (I do a five way with Byron Long, Alec Knight, Chris Cannon and TJ Hart). In July: Foot Fetish and Porn Star Sex Secrets. That will bring the series up to 32 titles and I think it will finally be done. I can't think of what to do next!

Thanks again, and I'll be back to talk some more!

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you are a true legend , I remeber when I fell in love with you way back watching Big Thrill and have been a fan ever since .

You are still one one best performers out there.

Loved you in Fetish Fanatic.

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I remember when you were on the cover of US News and World Report, before I was old enough to watch porn. Your name stuck in my head and when I was old enough I started getting your DVD's. I've seen your fist scene and some of your most recent stuff, and its hard to tell what I like better. Thank you for all you have given to the industry and I hope you can continue to be an inspiration now that you will no longer be in front of the camera.

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Thanks for the many thrills over the years. You will be missed (unless you keep making cameo appearances).

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I remember the Hustler layout very well. I was brand new, "Nina who?" new, and was very excited to do a layout. In twenty years I've still only done a dozen or so magazine layouts.

What I remember most about the shoot was how the photographer kept mind-fucking the sweet young man so badly as to make it impossible for him to maintain his hardon. I thought that was totally cheesy of him. He did give me one great piece of modeling advice, though. I had always hated the insipid, eyes-closed poses of many of the models. They looked dead or asleep, in my view. The photographer told me to close my eyes and make a face like I'm mad. It works, as the woman looks like she's actually feeling something.

I wore a fuscia-pink dress and low, tan, ankle strap wedge sandals. They didn't want a "porno" look. The cover was a Christmas wreath of pretty girls.

"Material Girl" was a blast! I think it was the first time I worked with Angel Kelly, and it was her first g/g scene. Wasn't Shanna McCollough on the cover with me?

Thanks, Big Matt, for your thoughts. My scene in "The Ultimate Sex Party" is very good, with a couple of DPs and three tit pops.

I like the work, but the market for legends is only a small part of the bigger market. I want to leave while people still have a good opinion of me.

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Are you also going stop shooting your "Private Sessions" series for Bizarre? I hope not!

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For over twenty years she has had the greatest attitude about sex and most importantly, has never played the victim. Nina is hyper-intelligent. Her husband, Ernest Greene, also is very intelligent, articulate and well-spoken. He is a very, very lucky guy. Listening to either of them talk or speak is very enlightening to me.

What else can you say about her? I honestly think she's more sexy now than ever and can keep performing for as long as she wants. She's living proof that your sexiest body part is the mind and you can be sexy when you're eighty or eighteen. I wish she wouldn't stop performing but she deserves a break. Plus, she has a canon like Shakespeare.

She's accomplished everything she can in adult films and has explored and championed almost every kind of sexual adventure.

I'm really looking forward to her book but I hope she also writes more. I've loved her writing and columns, especially the one in On Our Backs magazine. I'd love a memoir from her (and her husband.) I bet they have some amazing stories to tell...

And even though it's more of her husband's forte, I'd love to see her direct. What sexual, visual ideas that mind must hold...

I'll stop before I start to gush. I probably have already started...

Nina Hartley is a great, great woman. Even though I've never met her, she's taught me a lot.

Brian

P.S. Nina Hartley is the only person I've ever considered getting a tattoo of.

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Now that I am a writer in the adult film business, I am proud to call Nina a friend. I am very lucky that way.

All these new girls coming into porn could learn a lot from Nina and her amazing career.

So thank you Nina, thank you for all the films you've done the interviews, and the passion you have for your work in this business. No matter what the future holds for you, i am sure you will be great.

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Kimi Lixx,Julie Night,Tina Tyler and then everyone else.

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your past scenes will continue to give countless others enjoyment long after your done.

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Like many of the others here you represent a first. In my case it was the first movie that I actually owned (I had seen a few movies before then but never had any of my own). The then future Mrs. RT & I had ordered something from Adam & Eve & they tossed in a compilation tape with the order. We weren't expecting it but were so excited that we ran out that day & bought our first VCR (a major purchase for two starving college students ). The very first scene on it was a scene with you & John Leslie & thus started a very enjoyable 18+ years of us watching porn together.

We actually had a chance to briefly talk to you at the AEE 2005. You shut the Adam & Eve line down for a few minutes while you felt her up & bemoaned the lost income that you could have had if you had a chest like hers . At the time you also insisted that she get a corset & gave her a website of someone who could make it for her. I can't complain though because as you two ladies were chatting about underwear & back pain I had the other A&E signers at the time (Carmen, Katie & Chasey) all to myself. They were quite bemused by the lack of attention being paid to them (it was a single file line) & I was getting worried about a lynch mob forming .

So, thanks for all you've done throughout the years but most of all thanks for you being you & making an already great day special for two people who you could very easily just shook hands with & moved on to the next person in line. You will always be one of our all time favorites.

RT

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Talk about burying the lead!

First let me welcome you to the Forum Nina. I think it's accurate to say that you have done more for making porn accessible to skittish women than any performer in history. I remember going to a show of yours in South Carolina I believe and I'd never seen so many women in a strip club in my life. Not that there's anything wrong with that ;-)

Anyway, I had a devil of a time getting your attention, so crawling with lovely ladies out for a fun night out with a sexy starlet was the club. When I finally did say hello, you were the epitome of graciousness, very warm and cuddly and happily shall we say "lapping" up my attention. So a belated thank you for that.

But this is of only personal consequence. Am I reading you correctly? Is there a film in the can of you with a cock in your can and one in your pussy? I don't care how many 19-year-old cuties are on the make this year in porn valley. If this is true it is the single biggest porn news of the year.

This is simply the answer to several thousand male cravings which, though perhaps in remission, never went away completely. And you sexy little mynx. Just tossing it out there almost as an aside!

I hope I'm not being a bonehead here (and yes you can take that both ways!) and misreading your comment. How cruel this world would be if you simply meant that the movie had two DPs in it, not that you were partaking in such a spectacle yourself.

But even if I have misconstrued your meaning, please don't flee the board in horror. A search on the name "Nina Hartley" will quickly convince you that you are here among friends and would-be lovers.

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Nina starred in the first porn movie I saw, too.

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Never mind

I was going by the IAFD entry for Nina which has her going 0-for-713 in DP opportunities.

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You and Ginger Lynn were the first real "stars" I found back in 1984. That was a marker year of film to video porn for me. I think you have been a constant crush for me every since. Thats over 23 years, and you still get it done.

I met most of my favorites during these 20years (Ginger, Amber, Tori, Aria, Victoria Paris and Christy Cannon) but I did not get to meet you personally...as I had others. Sadly, I did get to see you live at an appearance at an Adam & Eve in Durham, NC, but you were mobbed so I could not get a chance to say how much I have enjoyed your performances, your intelligence and the "hottnes" you showed all these years.

You are the best, I hope to some day find you touring in NC again.....best wishes...to one of Adults...BEST!!!!

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It gives me great pleasure to know that so many people have received my messages in the spirit in which they were given. It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one who thought that explicit sex and a fun, non-degrading time could go together!

I"ve done only a few DP's: in my Guide to Double Penetration and my Guide to the Ultimate Sex Party, both from Adam&Eve. Fun, actually.

Katja: I'm even more thrilled to know that you have received benefit from the Porn 101 tape. If you like girsl, I know I do! If you like to receive, I"m happy to work with you any time, or have you on my show. If you like to dish it out to the ladies, I'll find us one to share!

I hope to continue with the Private Sessions series, but it's up to the company owner to come up with the budget. No budget, no movie.

I doubt very much that I'll ever completely retire, as in not unwilling to do something sexual on camera. What I'm willing to do may change, and it already has, but THAT I"m willing to do things will not. Once an exhibitionist, always an exhibitionist! As always, I've just got to feel that it's respectful and not done for laughs or out of a mean spiritedness.

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I hope you decide to post more often.

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What I said, "I doubt very much that I'll ever completely retire, as in not unwilling to do something sexual on camera."

What I meant: ". . . .as in not willing to do something sexual on camera."

Oy.

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I have been your ardent fan since 1984. May your light shine always.

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Katja,

Sweetheart, I'd love to work with you in any capacity. I think you're lovely, and I got into porn to meet and play with lovely ladies such as yourself. I meant it: if you have a site of your own, come and do my show and you'll get a DVD of the footage to show on your site. Who's your agent? I'll get in touch and we can speak privately.

I have no trouble if you're shy: I'll do all the work!

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You'd survive, all right. I've never lost a lover yet! I just take it as fast or slow as my partner needs in order to relax and have a great time. My partner's pleasure is really what I'm after, and I'll try most anyting to get it!

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Unlike many others here, I can't claim that you were in the first porn that I saw. But I do remember the first time that I saw you on my screen, and that was on an episode of the Ron Reagan talk show. You impressed me with your intelligence and openness to something that, at that time, was still something of a closeted ideal. I immediately wrote you a fan letter, thanking you for appearing on the show and was amazed a few weeks later when you actually wrote me back, answering my questions in a page-and-a-half handwritten letter! I still have that somewhere in my desk.

While you're known for having the greatest ass in the business, I think you shouldn't underestimate the power of your smile and personality, which has drawn many people to you, including me. I'm glad to have seen as many of your movies as I have and hope to spot a few more before I'm done. Sadly, you only worked with my favourite porn star, Christy Canyon, once and that movie isn't legal in the U.S. anymore. (Doesn't mean I haven't seen the scene. And since Ms. Lords isn't in it, it should have turned up on some sort of comp by now, but I'm not aware of it having done so.)

Anyway, congrats on your career. If people like Mike Horner, Gloria Leonard and others can still find non-sex roles in the features, then I know there is room for you to do whatever you want.

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By the way Nina, how was your scene with Jean Baptiste and J.R. Langdon in Syrens of Sex? I trust they gave you the screwing you deserve!?!? I have it on order.

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