NEWS: The X-Rated Adventures of Scotty Schwartz

Scotty's X-Rated Adventure was the first adult film in which you actually acted in a sex scene. Why did you decide to make the leap?
[Wicked Pictures owner] Steve Orenstein came to me and said, "Why don't you do something for me?" He said, "I want you to do a scene." And I said, "No, I don't think so." He said, "Let's talk about it." At the time, financially, I wasn't doing very well. Royalties from movies don't pay a lot. It was something I looked at as off-the-norm for someone of my background. But rather than buy some coke and do eighty down Sunset with a sign that said "Arrest me," I decided to take that path.

Did you tell friends or family about your decision?
I spoke to all of my friends. I spoke to my family. It was something I mulled over for several months. And everyone said, "You gotta do what you gotta do." My mom said, "I'm not going to love you any less." My eighty-something-year-old grandfather only wanted to know how much money I was making. At the time, I was the second-highest-paid male [adult-film] actor after John Wayne Bobbitt.

WilWheaton said:
I knew Scott when we were kids (from auditions) and he's a really nice person. In fact,I first met him when we both auditioned for The Toy. I always felt a little sad for him, but he seems to have done all these things with his eyes wide open, and I completely understand his statement, "rather than buy some coke and do eighty down Sunset with a sign that said "Arrest me," I decided to take that path."

It's really, really, really fucking hard to have all that success as a kid and then grow up and find it was all just temporary. Not only have you been robbed of your childhood, but now all that fame and money that you'd gotten used to is gone.

Some of us find ways to deal with it positively (I did it by working for NewTek and eventually writing books and blogging) while others find ways to deal with it destructively. I've done my share of stupid and self-destructive things in my life, but luckily none of them resulted in any permanent damage (or were caught on tape.)

I'm impressed that Scott doesn't waste any time blaming anyone for his choices, and accepts the ones that he made and their consequences.

WilWheaton said:
I knew Scott when we were kids (from auditions) and he's a really nice person. In fact,I first met him when we both auditioned for The Toy. I always felt a little sad for him, but he seems to have done all these things with his eyes wide open, and I completely understand his statement, "rather than buy some coke and do eighty down Sunset with a sign that said "Arrest me," I decided to take that path."

It's really, really, really fucking hard to have all that success as a kid and then grow up and find it was all just temporary. Not only have you been robbed of your childhood, but now all that fame and money that you'd gotten used to is gone.

Some of us find ways to deal with it positively (I did it by working for NewTek and eventually writing books and blogging) while others find ways to deal with it destructively. I've done my share of stupid and self-destructive things in my life, but luckily none of them resulted in any permanent damage (or were caught on tape.)

I'm impressed that Scott doesn't waste any time blaming anyone for his choices, and accepts the ones that he made and their consequences.

WilWheaton said:
I knew Scott when we were kids (from auditions) and he's a really nice person. In fact,I first met him when we both auditioned for The Toy. I always felt a little sad for him, but he seems to have done all these things with his eyes wide open, and I completely understand his statement, "rather than buy some coke and do eighty down Sunset with a sign that said "Arrest me," I decided to take that path."

It's really, really, really fucking hard to have all that success as a kid and then grow up and find it was all just temporary. Not only have you been robbed of your childhood, but now all that fame and money that you'd gotten used to is gone.

Some of us find ways to deal with it positively (I did it by working for NewTek and eventually writing books and blogging) while others find ways to deal with it destructively. I've done my share of stupid and self-destructive things in my life, but luckily none of them resulted in any permanent damage (or were caught on tape.)

I'm impressed that Scott doesn't waste any time blaming anyone for his choices, and accepts the ones that he made and their consequences.