7 Questions with Jenna Jameson

First, here’s 7 quick facts about Jenna Jameson:
1) Yesterday (April 9, 2008) was her 34th birthday.

2) She started her porn career in 1993 and by 1996 had won three top adult industry newcomer awards.

3) In 2000, she founded the web company ClubJenna branched out to managing sites for other pornstars and also produces adult films (the first of which, Briana Loves Jenna, was the top grossing film of 2002 and won a ton of awards).

4) By 2005, ClubJenna posted $30 million in profits.

5) Her first breast implants came in July, 1994 and by 2004 had two different sets as well as a chin implant. In 2007, her breast implants were removed.

6) She’s made a short anti-KFC video for PETA after watching a shocking undercover video about the treatment of chickens.

7) She’s in a new mainstream movie called Zombie Strippers that comes out on April 18, 2008.


Movie Description: In the not too distant future, a secret government chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into 'Super Zombie Strippers', the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new 'fad' even if it means there is no turning back.

Zimbio: Now that you're making Hollywood movies, will you become one of those actors with a no nudity clause?
Jenna Jameson: [Laughs] I already have it. No. My thing is, for me, nudity is incredibly expected. People know more about my body than I know, so really, I kind of want to approach this in a different way. I want to do things that aren't expected of me so I think that getting great roles is on my agenda. If nudity comes along with it and it's called for, then word. It's very easy for me. God knows, I think you work this hard on your body and you should show it off.

Zimbio: Do you worry about any potential casting couch situations?
Jenna Jameson: No, people are so intimidated by me, are you kidding me? If some director or producer tried to do that, they know they'd be put in a headlock pretty quick. I do date the UFC champion of the world [Tito Ortiz], so no worries. [Editor’s Note: No, he’s not actually the Champion.]

Zimbio: Did you get the same thrill making a Hollywood movie like Zombie Strippers as your adult films?
Jenna Jameson: I think that I got more of a thrill. I think that after 13-14 years in the adult industry, I was becoming a little bit [shrugs and scoffs], somewhat jaded a little bit, bored. So I was excited to do something that I was super passionate about. I really, really loved the idea of being a scream queen. This was the ultimate. I got to be like a powerful girl in a horror movie. It wasn't just like this little girl getting her head ripped off or throat ripped out. I played a powerful woman that ate men. I love that. I always wanted to eat a man.

Zimbio: Are you offended that wannabes are releasing sex tapes like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, and what professional advice would you give them?
Jenna Jameson: Buy the lighting package. I mean, seriously, get yourself a tripod and a lighting package because nobody likes cellulite. It's fucking great. It's fucking great, man. They're just making what I do so much more solid. Every time the paparazzi are waiting for me, that's what they ask me. "What do you think about this girl's pictures?" I'm like, "Obviously, that's what they have to do to be a star now. They have to be Jenna Jameson."

Zimbio: Why do you think you became the number one star in porn?
Jenna Jameson: That's such a hard question. I don't know. I think that I'm really driven to be number one, always have been all my life. With anything that I do, I feel like I need to monster-ize it. I just have to be number one. I've got to exceed everybody's expectations. I want to change people's views and I want to surprise people and I knew that being a porn star is something that a lot of people at the time really looked down on. I knew that I would be able to bring a new kind of power and feminism, actually, to what people perceive to be pornography. I saw a huge challenge.


Zombie Stripper trailer:Zimbio: Could you have been every bit as successful as, say, a brunette?
Jenna Jameson: Yeah, absolutely, and I tried it for a little while but it's funny because I really believe in building a brand and an image. I was known as this girl next door that was relatable for so long that when I dyed my hair brown, people just don't get it. They can't process that. So within a couple months, I went right back to blonde and I was like, "Okay, this is my moneymaker."

Zimbio: Is climbing to the top of a stripper pole really hot, or just an impressive trick?
Jenna Jameson: I think both. I think being impressive is hot but yeah, in the stripper world, if you can climb the pole to the top, you're a stud. I'm like a monkey. I think every man should do it too. I know every man wants to spin on the pole once in their life, okay? For sure. You know you want to do it. If nobody was in the room, wouldn't you just try and do that little stripper spin once? For a second?