Porn star seeks fame with clothes on

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Porn star Ron Jeremy wants to be taken seriously -- with his clothes on.

Dressed in a dark track suit with a protruding belly that shows he is past his physical prime, Jeremy hardly strikes you as one of the most successful American porn stars.

But Jeremy, 53, who claims to have been with more than 4,000 women during a 30-year career, is the first to admit that he is not your stereotypical sex star. He believes his average looks are a key to his success.

In a new memoir, "Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz," he said audiences identified with him because he was just like them -- hairy, with a mustache and standing just 5 feet 6 inches tall.

"They look at themselves in the mirror and think, Y'know, compared to Ron Jeremy, I'm not that bad looking at all," Jeremy says in the book released this month.

Jeremy, who trained to be a teacher, started out as an actor in New York in the mid-1970s but ended up in porn films to make some money after his girlfriend sent off some nude photographs of him to Playgirl. He never looked back.

But with more than 1,750 adult films to his name and turning 54 next month, Jeremy had few Hollywood directors knocking at his door.

Jeremy turned to reality TV, joining the second season of "The Surreal Life," which features a group of low-level celebrities living in a mansion in Los Angeles.

"It increased my audience. A lot of women and children now know me from the show," said Jeremy. "Now I'm getting more work."

Jeremy, who was born Ron Jeremy Hyatt, can be seen in a spin-off of that series, "The Surreal Life: Fame Games," and had a role in the comedy "Finishing the Game," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

In addition to his book, Jeremy is busy with other ventures -- his adult film company, speaking on television and college campuses about sex and pornography, and promotional appearances for products that carry his name.

But more than ever, he is driven to seize those elusive Hollywood roles. "It's a certain amount of ego," he said. "In my little cloud, I still think I'm an actor."

Would he like to do more reality television?

"To me, porn and reality TV are similar. I don't mind being in them," he said. "I just can't stand watching them."

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if ron can do it, so you can you almaty

[almaty 19]

effing A..ron jeremy is an over-weight pig face of a porn star..has to have extra help to get it up...my hero......

[eric&gen 0]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

so you've been downsized eh?

[eric&gen 0]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

so you've been downsized eh?

Im still bigger than him lol

[peejay 327]

effing A..ron jeremy is an over-weight pig face of a porn star..has to have extra help to get it up...my hero......

Mow hay while the sun shines...before mother nature rains on your parade.

Every dawg has his day...and Ron's day was a week ago.

Glad to know he has another career to fall back on. Life can be cruel if you have to live under a bridge and eat possums.

[Jasman0717 9]

effing A..ron jeremy is an over-weight pig face of a porn star..has to have extra help to get it up...my hero......

:lol:

[Mags 112]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

so you've been downsized eh?

Im still bigger than him lol

You mean you're 5'7 then?

[eric&gen 0]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

so you've been downsized eh?

Im still bigger than him lol

You mean you're 5'7 then?

5'7 from the ground up lol

[Flames9_RN 358]

I saw him awhile back in a movie!! it was like, wow, thats Rod jeremy, lol

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Ron Jeremy romantices about the old days when just about anybody could get into a porn movie. Nowadays, they have standards.

[almaty 19]

Ron Jeremy romantices about the old days when just about anybody could get into a porn movie. Nowadays, they have standards.

amen to that brother steve...

now, where is my amigo & hermano pedroh at to write about old school porn ?

[Mags 112]

Me and ron jeremy have a lot in common as far as size goes lol

so you've been downsized eh?

Im still bigger than him lol

You mean you're 5'7 then?

5'7 from the ground up lol

[MissStacey 1]

I saw Ron Jeremy a few years ago at a nightclub in Edmonton. The bar was having a PornStar party. They would get girls up on the little stage to do different things (pretend to give him a BJ, etc) and the audience would judge who did it best. The guys in the audience shouted for all the girls to "show your tits" and if they didn't they were booed. It was pretty degrading and we left.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I saw Ron Jeremy a few years ago at a nightclub in Edmonton. The bar was having a PornStar party. They would get girls up on the little stage to do different things (pretend to give him a BJ, etc) and the audience would judge who did it best. The guys in the audience shouted for all the girls to "show your tits" and if they didn't they were booed. It was pretty degrading and we left.

I don't think the audience was expecting a talent show, but I know what you mean. The event name itself would have kept me away.