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AVN CELEBRATES III DECADES
H Ho ow wa ar rd d L Le ev vi in ne e | | S Sa al le es sm ma an n, , C Cl la as ss s o of f 1 19 98 86 6
W Wh he en n d di id d y yo ou u g ge et t s st ta ar rt te ed d i in n t th he e a ad du ul lt t i in nd du us st tr ry y? ? 1986. The first company I worked for was General Video of America, [as] national sales manager.
W Wh ha at t j jo ob bs s h ha av ve e y yo ou u d do on ne e? ? I have always been in sales until this last year when I appeared in Taxi Driver in a non-sex role, which I was honored to be nominated for, and I directed
Superporn and Superporn 2 , which also I was nominated for. I am still very much in sales, but I had so much fun directing. For me the fun of this business was of the utmost importance.
F Fa av vo or ri it te e m me em mo or ry y o of f A AV VN N A Aw wa ar rd ds s S Sh ho ow w: : I have so many. Most of them unprintable. The one that stands out is sitting with the president of Playboy when Jenna told the crowd to basically
fuck off. They just paid some outrageous amount for Club Jenna and this guy looked like someone just shot him in the dick. I like controversy. Her speech started out so well, and then
anytime someone begins a sentence with, “Can I be honest with you?” nothing good is coming after that.
Another good one was when I was setting up the booth the day before the show and in walks Max Baer Jr.—you know, Jethro Bodine. We became really good friends. So there I am talk-
ing to Jethro, and in comes Buck Henry; he sits down and starts writing something. Then Richard Anderson, a very famous character actor, and Tony Curtis. All of them just hanging with
me in this booth for like an hour. Tony fucking Curtis! I still have a picture I took with him that day.
Somehow the conversation got on the subject of where all these guys lived in Beverly Hills at the time of the Manson killings. They were all neighbors and lived close to the Tate-
Polanski house. They all had a story about what happened on that night. One by one they shared their memories. It was fucking awesome. Completely surreal.
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