We knew women could do Playboy and that might lead to a career in theater, film. We agreed � my girlfriend Alice and I � to take some pictures in the deluxe wing of the Paramount. I was doing theater, and it was a very difficult situation, especially in New York, where you couldn't be an extra unless you were part of the Screen Actors Guild. Ron Jeremy: Like many Jewish boys, I was working up in the Catskills, as a waiter and the maitre d' at the Paramount Hotel. TIME: How did you get your start in the porn industry? TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs spoke with Jeremy from his Hollywood home: ( See the 100 best movies of all time.) He tells the story of his XXX-rated career in a steamy new book, The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz: Horny Women, Hollywood Nights & The Rise of the Hedgehog! (Harper). He has made close to 2,000 of them, including On the Loose: Viva Ron Vegas and San Fernando Jones and the Temple of Poon, as well as about 100 mainstream movies, such as The Boondock Saints with Willem Dafoe. Follow gold medals were handed out for making porn movies, Ron Jeremy would be the all-time champion.
