Playboy.com: How often do people say that you were in the first porn film they ever saw?
Ron Jeremy: Always, and I always like to hear that. Of course, it dates me back to, like, 23 years ago. That's back when most of the girls I'm working with now were born. But I'm still here, and I've still got a boner -- without the use of Viagra! A lot of the new guys have to use that stuff. I never use drugs of any kind. Well, I smoked a little pot in college, but that was it. I don't drink, I don't even take aspirin. I'm getting scared, though. I hear it's harder to get erections as you get closer to 50. But my dad's 84 and he can still get a boner.
PB: How did that come up in conversation?
RJ: That came up filming the documentary. One of the funniest things in the movie is when my dad tells me he has a girlfriend. I ask if he wears a rubber at his age, and my dad says he doesn't see the HIV virus hitting senior citizens. I ask, "What if the doctor says you've got the virus and you have 15 years to live?" My dad says, "I'd want that in writing!"
PB: Are you on good terms with your whole family?
RJ: Oh, yeah. I'm the only oddball. They're all doctors, lawyers and teachers. We have folks in government. I have six years of college heading towards a master's degree. I taught retarded children for a year. Then in 1978, my girlfriend sent my picture to Playgirl. My picture ran in their "Guy Next Door" section. It's the issue that had John Ritter on the cover. That was when I was young and skinny and had something called a waist. Now the stomach is big, but the penis sticks out more.
PB: That stomach's a trademark now.
RJ: It's a character actor's stomach. A lot of my fans are the usual raincoaters, but so many kids know me now from mainstream films. It seems like every college kid has seen Orgazmo, which I did with Trey Parker from South Park. When I do nightclub appearances, half of my audience isn't old enough to get in. I have to go out to the parking lot to sell T-shirts.
PB: You're like the ambassador of porn.
