About Jenteal
- Height: 5 ft. 6 in.
- Weight: 125
- Measurements: 35C - 25" - 35"
- Eyes: Green Eyes
- Born: June 26
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Jenteal's Awards
Award | Year | |
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Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Film AVN | 1996 |
Interviews
Interview with Jenteal - May 11, 2001
On the Set of "Virtual Vivid Shock Jock" in Los Angeles, CA
Pornstarempire.com: Why don't you tell me where you're from?
Jenteal: I am from Northern California.
Pornstarempire.com: How did you wind up in adult?
Jenteal: I was a fan of porn. I watched adult movies with [the man] who now is my husband, and he kind of used them for a way to open me up, actually. I really found that I was interested in the women and it was something I wanted to experiment with.
Pornstarempire.com: How did he feel about that?
Jenteal: He was like, "Go for it." He is more the reason why I ended up doing anything. I expressed interest and he was like, "Do it, do it!" He was my own little cheering section.
Pornstarempire.com: How did he feel about you having sex with men?
Jenteal: Right off the bat, (at the time I was eighteen and he is quite a bit older than I am, so he had been through all the dating experiences and everything) his attitude was like, "I am comfortable with you and know I am going to be with you for a long, long time. I don't want you to regret not being able to date other people like I did, so if you want to experience that, go for it, make good money at it and have fun and if not, then don't." So finally--it took me a year before I became interested in having sex with men on camera. I felt comfortable at that point with the business and knowing I was safe. I said, "Maybe I will do this," because when I first started I was like, "There is no way in hell I am having sex with men on camera."
Pornstarempire.com: So the first time you did have sex with a man on-screen did it feel like cheating to you?
Jenteal: You know what, strangely enough, it really didn't. I just knew that [my husband] was so comfortable with it, which I didn't understand, because I wouldn't have been comfortable with it if I was him, but he was so comfortable. I worked with Alex Sanders, who I had known for the entire year before and Chris was friends with him, so it was a very safe and comfortable position....It was never an issue.
Pornstarempire.com: At this point would you prefer to have sex with a man or woman on-screen?
Jenteal: I am in an interesting position to answer that question right now. I am pregnant and my sexuality has changed a little bit. I really love women, that is why I started. ...But there is something so much more intense and raw about having sex with men. I could get just as much pleasure out of kissing and loving a women as I could having sex with her. I don't need the sex with women [to feel satisfied]. Sex with men is just like, in me.
Pornstarempire.com: Were you a lesbian-virgin before porn?
Jenteal: No, in fact I chased women before being in porn...to the point where I would flat out ask a girl, "Have you been with women?" and despite her answer I would still ask her, "Would you be interested in having sex with me and my boyfriend?" That happened so many times, so it wasn't like it was new. I was more afraid of being in front of the camera than I was having sex with women on camera.
Pornstarempire.com: So what's your favorite part of having sex on-screen?
Jenteal: It's...[having] the safe, comfortable environment, to experiment and play and create a project that other people get off on.
Pornstarempire.com: What do you feel is your biggest asset on-screen?
Jenteal: That is a loaded question.
Pornstarempire.com: You don't have to answer, it's just interesting to see what people say. I mean some people just say, "Tits."
Jenteal: I don't feel that I have a big asset. I am happy with my whole package and I'm comfortable with all of me, but you would have to ask someone else what my best asset is, because I really don't think that I have one. My husband is yelling, "Your face, your face". I am just comfortable as a whole with me.
Pornstarempire.com: Does your family know about what you do?
Jenteal: Yeah, they do. They know every detail.
Pornstarempire.com: How did that go?
Jenteal: It sort of happened by accident. For a long time I had kept it from them and lied about it and part of the reason why I got into it and I was fine with it because I really wanted to rebel. I grew up really shy and grew up thinking sex was real sacred and private and bad if you do it outside the rules. For a couple of years, I didn't say anything and just lied about it.
Pornstarempire.com: What did you tell them you did?
Jenteal: That I was modeling sportswear or bikini modeling. ...They sort of suspected, but my dad actually found out watching the Playboy Channel and saw me with some other Vivid girls. I think I was 20...and when I visited him, he sat me down and said, "I love you no matter what you do, you don't have to lie to me." He also said "It was really morbid seeing your daughter on-screen, but your friends are really cute." It ended up working out fine. My parents don't like it, but appreciate that I have made a career out of something and that I have been successful.
Pornstarempire.com: So it's not something that's really come between you?
Jenteal: Not at all.
Pornstarempire.com: Since you are pregnant, will you tell your children about your job?
Jenteal: It depends on what I am doing at that time.
Pornstarempire.com: Do you think that you are famous enough to have to?
Jenteal: I certainly don't want to lie to my kids about what I do or what I have done in my past. I grew up thinking sex was such a private thing that you kept from everybody. No nudity, you know, don't take your clothes off type of household. I feel now that nudity is really okay and sex is okay if it is with someone you care about, or at least with someone who is safe and you're getting pleasure from. I don't want my child growing up think that there is something wrong with me, because there is not, but at the same time I don't know how much information I will divulge or even if I'll be in this business at that time.
Pornstarempire.com: How does it feel to watch yourself on film?
Jenteal: Quite embarrassing actually.
Pornstarempire.com: You don't watch yourself that much?
Jenteal: Well, when I was constantly releasing films, I would watch my movies really to see how I acted in them and how to improve my acting ability and then I would fast forward through my sex scenes. My husband watches the sex scenes, though.
Pornstarempire.com: Temptress said the same thing. She said she would watch the acting and fast forward through the sex scenes.
Jenteal: Yeah, which is funny because before I got into this business we would rent them and fast forward through the acting and watch the sex scenes!
Pornstarempire.com: What do you think you would be doing if you weren't in adult?
Jenteal: I can't even conceive of if I weren't in adult. I made it to be such a big part of my life; it developed into such a career and everything I do outside the adult business is somehow a spin-off of the adult business. I wouldn't choose it any other way.
Pornstarempire.com: Oh, that's nice.... What do you think would surprise your fans or the general public about you the most?
Jenteal: Probably that I am such a homebody. I am such a little housewife and I really love being at home and love dancing, but hate traveling and I am always dying to get home.
Pornstarempire.com: Do you feature?
Jenteal: I did. I will probably again, but not right now.
Pornstarempire.com: How do you like that?
Jenteal: I loved it. I love dancing. I just hate the airplanes and hotels.
Pornstarempire.com: Why don't you tell me your favorite actors to work with?
Jenteal: Right now, it's probably Dyanna Lauren, but she doesn't really act anymore. I have been her production manager for a couple shoots she has done and even when we did movies together, she always had her shit together and knew exactly what she wanted. She stood by her convictions and has developed the adult business exactly how she said she would and I really admire that.
Pornstarempire.com: But do you want to tell me any favorite people to have sex with?
Jenteal: The last scene I did and I worked with Eric Everhard. I really enjoyed working with him and it was for Dyanna, so there wasn't really any kissing like there usually is.
Pornstarempire.com: Oh, it was virtual sex?
Jenteal: Yeah, it was sort of mechanical, but he is a really sweet guy and I would work with him again.
Pornstarempire.com: Oh, yeah.
Jenteal: Listen to you.
Pornstarempire.com: I have seen him in action.
Jenteal: Have you really?
Pornstarempire.com: Oh, yeah!
Jenteal: He is just an all around great guy to work with. He was so professional and had no trouble with wood and was raring to go as soon as he needed to be on set. I've never gone through a scene with no issues, whether it was his wood issues or me having some weird issue because of his personality or he was acting funny. But everything about him was great and was an absolute pleasure to work with him.
Pornstarempire.com: Can you tell me something about working with Tony Tedeschi?
Jenteal: Why?
Pornstarempire.com: Well, I met him. I used to be a stripper and I met him in a titty bar. I knew nothing about porn and he had his little friend with him who was like, "Don't you know who this is? This is a big porn star!" and I was like, "Oh, yeah, right." I just thought that they were some idiots. So I said to Tony, "Is that true?" and he said "Yeah, yeah my real name is...blah, blah," and he was really sweet and he asked, "Do you want to go out with me?" I had a real serious boyfriend at the time, so I kept his number and just looked at it. I ended up with this job, right, and then I see him on-screen and I was like, geez!
Jenteal: You know what's funny about [Tony]? My first scene in Los Angeles was Babes Illustrated 3 (a Metro release) and he was on the set and I was working with Nikki Sinn. I had met Raven and her husband and that night they took me to a strip club. We went to Bob's [Classy Lady] and I had never been to a strip club and Tony was buying drinks and dancing all night and just being such a boy. I ended up working with him years later. I have always worked with him very well. He has always been real sweet to me and I respect that he insisted on condoms long before it was cool to insist on condoms. I have only been a condoms-only actress and he was the only one that would never bitch about having to use a condom, because he used them anyways.
Pornstarempire.com: OK, cool, I like that answer. So do you want to tell me any favorite chicks to work with?
Jenteal: This is such a traditional answer, but Felecia. She was the first girl to get me off on camera. It's just a pleasure to work with her because you know she absolutely loves women and loves her job. There are a lot of actresses that don't care to work with women at all, they just do it because they just do. I don't have too much respect for that. Felecia...is my first choice.
Pornstarempire.com: What has been your favorite movie to shoot?
Jenteal: First Impulse [directed by Dyanna Lauren].
Pornstarempire.com: Do you feel that the age requirement to be in porn should be raised?
Jenteal: If I had just started in the business I would say, no, because I started at 18, but--it's such a parental thing to say--you know that you'll think if only you knew then what you know now. I really think 18 is too young and I was too young and if I only knew then what I know now, it would be a lot different. My career would of developed so much more than it has and it didn't, just based on my own ignorance. There is so much influence out there to do certain things that really aren't necessary and there are young girls that will fall for it, because they don't know any better.
Pornstarempire.com: Do you mainstream work also?
Jenteal: Yeah, I have done a lot. In fact, I did a mainstream film last summer that is going to be released in July, called Made.
Pornstarempire.com: And that was somebody big who made that right?
Jenteal: ...John Favreau and Vince Vaughn wrote, produced and directed it.
Pornstarempire.com: Alright, so the Swingers people?
Jenteal: Yeah. I just found out that the premiere is on the 11th and I can't wait to go there with my big, basketball belly.
Pornstarempire.com: Did you have a big part or was it just a cameo?
Jenteal: As far as porn-star-acting in mainstream it was a big part.
Pornstarempire.com: Did you have to play a porn star or something else?
Jenteal: I played a stripper. I played opposite from Famke (Janssen) who also was a stripper. She was Xenia Onatopp in James Bond (GoldenEye).
Pornstarempire.com: Let me just give you a chance to plug your website and give us your address.
Jenteal: www.jenteal.com and I also run www.adultstarnetwork.com all the other girl sites we manage.
Pornstarempire.com: What's the latest thing you have done? You can choose the latest thing you appeared in and before you got pregnant or this last thing I just met you on [Virtual Vivid Shock Jock].
Jenteal: ...My last release is for Vivid Interactive and it was Dyanna Lauren directed. It was called Virtual Vivid Play Ball.
Pornstarempire.com: Is there anything you want to tell me about your future plans long term or short term?
Jenteal: ...I really don't know what my future plans are. I'll be 25 in June and about to have a baby and got married last June. I have this huge mainstream thing going on right now, but still I am immersed in the adult business, which I absolutely love. I have a lot of paths that I could follow, but I really haven't found the right one yet, so it just depends on where the next few months take me. I will probably return to dancing for a while, and before I completely retire from the business I would like to put out another four films.
Pornstarempire.com: Do you feel that you will continue with the production manager work?
Jenteal: I absolutely love working with Dyanna and being her production manager. Last summer I started directing an amateur line of my own and ideally I would like to develop on that and possibly shoot and direct some feature films for Vivid or some other large company.
Pornstarempire.com: Do you have a name for the amateur line?
Jenteal: Nope. Right now we are just selling them on tapes and airing them on my website.
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