SH: Have you considered having both a male and a female partner?

STEPHANIE: I’ve tried that, and it doesn’t work, because in my opinion – I mean, I’m sure there’s the right girl out there, but I’ve tried it many times, and the girl gets jealous, or she wants to try to take my place and that’s just not going to happen. All I want to do is just make two people as happy as they can possibly be, but they just get jealous all the time. It’s actually hard on the girl whenever I’m in a relationship with a woman, too, for them to see me doing scenes, they have a hard time with it. It’s actually harder for the girls than it is for my boyfriend.

SH: How does doing the films affect sex for you personally? Does it ever become uninteresting?

STEPHANIE: No, my home sex life and my business sex life are completely different. It feels good and it looks good on camera, but the things that look good aren’t necessarily the things that I would do in my personal life.

SH: What would you say is your favorite part of your job?

STEPHANIE: (Long pause) Being recognized by girls and they’re excited because they’re telling me, “Oh my god the first time I ever played with myself I was watching a movie and it was you!”

SH: That sounds quite rewarding!

STEPHANIE: I like that. Um, what else, what else. Mainly that, that girls are excited. ‘Cause, my first experience with a guy wasn’t all that, um, we won’t get into that. But to me, the women make it interesting and fun every time. So I actually get nervous with the guys, because I had a situation that happened that was sort of negative, but with the girls it’s new every time for me. So. I’d say it’s the girls, definitely the girls.

SH: I won’t press you on that. But this is sort of a question from the fans, I guess. You talked about looking at Playboy when you were a kid, and wanting to look pretty and all that. How did you avoid falling into the plastic surgery trap, that’s so prevalent?

STEPHANIE: I actually did have a very subtle rhinoplasty.

SH: So you did visit the plastic surgeon once, for your nose?

STEPHANIE: I didn’t do it for the business; I always wanted it, because my mouth is so small. Nobody even knew I did anything, just me. But if you look at the older and the newer pictures, you can tell.

SH: Huh. But um, more, I mean, you know—

STEPHANIE: Yeah, like the boobs—

SH: Yeah, I’m obviously talking about the silicone breast implants and all of that--

STEPHANIE: No, I’m not interested. I’ve had so many people over the years try to get me to do it, actually want to pay for me to do it, and I’m like, no way. Uh-uh. And it’s funny because, I’ve been hearing a lot of rumors that, lately, are—I read the site, things like that, when I get bored. Plus, it’s good to keep up on what everyone’s talking about. And the weirdest rumor out there was: How many people out there think that Stephanie got small implants a long time ago?”

SH: Why would you do that?

STEPHANIE: I don’t know! Why would I? No way! That’s actually a recurring nightmare that I wake up on the operating table with boobs. I’ll wake up sometimes when I’m on the road, just really tired. I think that’s what happens, there are so many girls that have had augmentation done in the clubs, around, I’ll go to sleep thinking about that, and I’ll wake up, screaming, holding my chest, going, “NO!”

SH: That’s a frightening thought!

STEPHANIE: Yeah, it’s a nightmare that I have, over and over again.

SH: So you managed to resist it, and you still managed to really rise and become one of the top people. That’s just really impressive, I think.

STEPHANIE: Everything that I’m known for and liked for – in the beginning, people told, me, like literally, my own agent told me – I mean I have so many stories of people telling me you’re not the right kind of girl for this business, I mean look at you, you wear glasses, I mean, I was not welcomed with open arms. Yeah, if we have something, we’ll call you. You know the Christina Aguilera song, “Fighter”?

SH: I don’t, actually.

STEPHANIE: That’s me. (Laughter) Basically, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. You should go out and listen to that song. Do you like Christina Aguilera at all?

SH: I’m actually not that into the really new pop music.

STEPHANIE: It’s a good album. I’m don’t really like girly music, but she’s got such an awesome voice. Plus, I think she’s hot. (Laughter) Definitely. I wonder if I have a chance?

SH: I would be willing to bet Christina would sleep with you.

STEPHANIE: I would think so, I mean, there’s kind of a like a—I’m curious. I think that I might, I’m not sure.

SH: Only one way to find out. (Laughter) This is totally off-topic, but it’s a question I wanted to get in there before you have to run off. I’ve always been conflicted about prostitution in this country being illegal, while at the same time in the adult film industry, you’re basically paying for adult talent, to…

STEPHANIE: There’s a thin line, of course, but the definite boundary is that an end product is being made, and it’s in a controlled environment. There are taxes being taken out. It’s legal; it’s not an underground business anymore. A lot of people do cross the line, and some don’t – it’s hard to know who does and who doesn’t. I get confused for that all the time. I get calls all the time, and I’m like, nope, sorry! I know who I could refer you to! I’ll play a hooker in a movie but that’s all you’re going to get.

STEPHANIE: As far as the way the legalities are in this country, do you think that that’s somewhat hypocritical? What do you think of the idea of legalizing prostitution?

STEPHANIE: Um, I haven’t really thought about it, I mean, I don’t think it should be out there, that open, just for the fact that it’s dangerous. It’s not necessarily the people who are doing the prostitution, but the people who are going for it. You don’t know why they’re doing it, or how they’re doing it. There’s no way to keep track of people, to make sure nothing happens to them. I just think it’s dangerous.

SH: If it were regulated, do you think it would be less so?

STEPHANIE: I don’t know. It’s the oldest job in history…it’s hard to say. I don’t really think about that too much. I’d have to think about that one.

SH: You have an orange belt in Wado-Ryu karate. I don’t even know what that is.

STEPHANIE: Wado-kai, yeah. It’s Japanese and Korean karate mixed – Wado-Kai Shotokan and Tang-soo-do.

SH: So how high is orange belt, are you still working on advancing?

STEPHANIE: Fourth level. Not really, I haven’t tested in a while, and I don’t have a studio out here. And I wouldn’t be able to spar anyway because I always get hit in the face. I can’t really work with a busted lip. When I fight, I fight. I don’t want to fight right now. I’m a lover not a fighter, dammit! (Laughter)

SH: I also read that you have a Chihuahua named Shakespeare.

STEPHANIE: Yes, that’s my first dog…Then I have the latest addition to the dog family, Jersey, a Chihuahua/pit-bull mix.

SH: A Chihuahua pit-bull??

STEPHANIE: Yeah, the pit-bull was sleeping and the Chihuahua got stuck. (Laughter) Then I have three miniature pinchers, Scooby-doo, Dooby-doo and Baby-doo, and then I have the bird, Rio, and a fish.

SH: So why Shakespeare and Jersey?

STEPHANIE: Jersey’s the name of my favorite stripper.

SH: I’m from Jersey myself.

STEPHANIE: Scooby-doo, Dooby-doo and Baby-doo, well, I’m a Scooby-doo fanatic.

SH: And Shakespeare?

STEPHANIE: I was once an English literature major. I liked writing and reading, and learning about all the different authors and playwrights.

SH: What were some of your favorite authors?

STEPHANIE: I never really got that intense into it, but as far as fiction books, I love Anne Rice and Katherine Harvey, and lately I’ve been reading a lot of Dale Carnegie books.

SH: I understand that you were born in Louisiana, but didn’t stay long. Do you remember anything about it?

STEPHANIE: Yeah, I was there till I was 10. My dad died of cancer when I was ten, and then we moved out here and I went to school out here. Actually I’m trying to get out there for Christmas this year, I haven’t been out there for about five years.

SH: So you still have family there.

STEPHANIE: Yup. My dad’s family’s there. I’m Cajun. Irish, English, French, Spanish, Filipino and Norwegian. I’m a mutt.

SH: Do you ever get to Mardi Gras, or is that just for tourists?

STEPHANIE: I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and I’ll never go back, it’s pretty dangerous. That’s not a place for me. I got recognized, and…I saw a Hustler club and I darted for it. Save me, let me in!

SH: I found your real name, but we won’t reveal it to the readers.

STEPHANIE: Where’d you find that? I don’t want everybody to know my real name. Stephanie Swift was because it was the captain of the cheerleaders and the prom queen, so I thought that would be the best girl.

SH: Any regrets?

STEPHANIE: Not really, you’ve got to be comfortable with who you are, and everything in your past whether it’s positive or negative, makes you who you are. And I’m comfortable with who I am, I wouldn’t want to change anything right now. I probably regret not going full force when I first started, as far as really picking up some of the opportunities offered to me. But everything happens for a reason, and I’m good now. I guess regret isn’t anything that I’d say I have.

SH: That’s not easy for everybody to say. Your mother is still living, right? What does she think about all this?

STEPHANIE: She accepts it, she doesn’t condone what I do, but I’m a self-sufficient person. I actually brought her to the set a couple of times, and she says, well the people are very nice, and I can understand why you’d want to be here, it’s just that I don’t know anything about it, and the stigmatism of the business…and I said, well you know me, Mom. It’s not a problem. She’s like, I’m just worried about everything around you, not really you. She’s just bein’ a Mom. SwiftTalker(Continued)