So how are you doing today, what's going on?

I'm shooting on Wednesday, so I have to buy something to wear.

What do you have to buy?

Something more grown-up, kind of dominate. Kind of fetishy.

Where do you usually shop when you get that stuff?

I usually go to Victoria's Secret or Frederick's of Hollywood when I get stockings and undies and stuff like that. And then I'll go to French Connection for more grown-up outfits.

What's the shoot for?

I don't know. It's for Ben Hoffman.

Does that happen often? Where you just show up and you have no idea what the movie's about?

I think for most girls it does, because they have agents and they're hired to do whatever. I usually hand-pick my projects. I usually don't know the specific company or who's distributing it or what it's called, though.

Is the because you're primarily on the Internet?

Yeah. I'm reclusive.

How did that come about?

I'm just really shy.

Really?

Yeah. I'm a shy kid. I make kind of bad first impressions because I'm shy and people think I'm a jerk. It's because my online persona is seems to be very outgoing and personable and approachable. In real life I get really nervous.

Do you feel like your playing a character online?

Um...no. I think I can be extroverted when I'm in my comfort zone.

So you've landed on your first boxcover. Congratulations.

Thank you. I E-mailed it to my mother and my grandmother.

What?!

I didn't email the back of it.

OK.

I emailed the front only. My butt looks so cute. I love it. I'm really, really excited about it. I love that it says "Featuring Internet sensation Dana DeArmond!"

How many videos have you done?

This is going to be my third release. I don't have very much else out. I have Neu Wave Hookers. I have Joanna Angel's 2: Alt Throttle, where I play the president's daughter.

The only DVD stuff that I want to do has to be a big deal. And I only want to do things that I'm personally interested in. Van Styles asked me to do an interracial for him at the convention in Vegas and I'm super stoked about it.

How was it?

It was fun. I'm a masochist and I like it really rough and [Rico Strong's] a lover. He's got a 12 inch cock and he was like "I don't want to hurt you." I was like, "I love it! Give it to me!" I think it's going to be really cute.

Was your first time with a black guy on film?

Yeah. Van Styles and I joked about it, but I think the term "interracial" is racist. I don't know if it was kept in the behind the scenes, but I was like "A black guy and a white girl having sex? It's just so unheard of." It's kind of ridiculous that it's a genre in and of itself and marketed under that term. It's fine if you take it with a grain of salt, but I still think it's racist.

Why do you think it is a genre?

It's a fetish. It's different. I personally think it's for black guys who like white girls. Or white guys who want to imagine their girlfriends getting fucked by a black guy. It's just something different.

I have fantasies about fucking black guys now. My interest in doing scenes with black guys started because my neighbor's cousin walked into my apartment...he had the wrong door. Within a second of him saying, "Oh sorry", closing the door and leaving, I had this really intense sexual fantasy.

It's kind of how my perverted little mind works.

What's with you and paws (Dana's term for hands and feet)?

I love paws!

Why is that?

I have a foot fetish. I love pretty feet, boys' and girls'. When I was younger I used to be freaked out and I got really weird about it. When I got into porn, I understood the attraction more.

What's the attraction?

Feet are sexy, it's an erogenous zone. You can give foot jobs and you can stick your foot in a girl's pussy and it's amazing. It feels like another part of your body. You're body is a jungle gym and you need to utilize each part of it to enjoy it to the fullest extent.

We wanted to ask you about being straightedge. Everything we've known about it, a big part of it is no promiscuous sex.

That's what I hear.

So have people given you a lot of shit about it?

People make alot of arguments and say you can't have sex if you're straightedge. Straight-edge is a really personal thing and sex is a really personal thing. And just because I have sex on film, doesn't make it not personal. And just because I have sex with people in porn doesn't make me promiscuous, because the definition of promiscuity is indiscriminant. And I'm very discriminant about who I'll fuck.

People argue with me about being straight-edge and having sex all the time, but straight-edge isn't about sex. It's about making clear-headed thoughts and making good decisions for yourself. For me that means not drinking, not being on drugs, not smoking, being good to my body.

How long have you been straight-edge and why did you make the decision?

I've been sober for almost 3 years. August, 7, 2003 was when I got sober. It was in November of 2003 that I officially became straight-edge.If you have a drinking problem of if you have any sort of substance problem, naturally you have an addiction that's hard to break. It's mental hurdle that you have to overcome. For the first three months it was really difficult to commit to [it].

Did you lose alot of friends over this?

Yeah, totally. From day one, I said I quit drinking. "Oh, for how long?" my friend's would ask. Forever. I said the words but I really wasn't positive. It was november 1st of 2003 that I was like, "This is me, this is what I'm meant to be." Being a drunk is really not that cute.

But people were like, "You used to be so much more fun" or "You're not as fun as you're used to be," which isn't true at all.

Where you straight-edge before you entered the adult entertainment industry?

I was a stripper before. I was that happy-go-lucky drunk stripper. I didn't have any schedule and I could party all the time and do whatever I wanted. But then I quit drinking and became focused on that. I became fixated on wanting to be sober and wanting to change my life and wanting to get my shit together.

That wasn't cool with some of my friends. That's fine, because then they weren't real friends.

It's funny. It seems like what you're into and the way you carry yourself are so at odds with one another.

I'm very innocent looking. But then you Google me, you see me get electrified and cattle prodded and into [bondage] and suspension.

What's the most ridiculous thing you've done?

That's a very hard question, because I don't think anything I've is too out there. It just depends on your comfort level.

I do lots of BDSM...

If you're a racist person you might think fucking a black dude is really perverse shocking. I have gotten hate mail because of it. "I used to think you were really hot until I saw you fuck a nigger." I was like "Wow, well thank you. I'm glad I don't have you as a fan now anyway."

I think a thing about the Internet is that it's something to hide behind. People can be as openly ignorant as they want to be. There's no consequence to being an asshole on the Internet.

Can you explain what BDSM means?

It's three parts. BD is bondage and discipline. DS is dom/sub. And SM is sadomasochism.

What about that appeals to you? Have you ever experience pain with it that made you uncomfortable?

I'm constantly pusing my limits further and further. I try not to do anything that will leave marks. I'm not particularly into pinching. Everyone has there things that they don't like. My hard limit is food.

What?

I won't do anything with squishing food or having it put on my body. It freaks me out. I think it's really disgusting. But you chase me around the room with a cattle prod, blindfolded and half-tied up. Everyone has their limits.

Some girls you can do anything to, but if you call them a "whore" or talk about their father it's a trigger that will break them.

The purpose of SM is to release endorphins and adrenaline and dopamine and all these chemicals in your brain. It makes you sensitive all over. It heightens all of your senses. That's why people do it. It makes sensations alot more intense. It makes your orgasms a lot more intense.

Are you only on the submissive side or do you do dominant as well?

I do both.

Is that rare?

No. It's very common. Most people start out as submissive and learn about that side, so they make really good doms.

I've been a sub for over two years now and I've started to become a dom. It's kind of awkward. I'm trying to get into my groove. It's a learning process. It's not something you just jump into. I don't think anyone should just jump into being a dom. I don't think anyone should do anything to a sub that they wouldn't have done to themselves.

What's in the future for you?

I never try to make predictions for myself because I don't know what's going to happen. But my latest trip has been maybe one day I'll be an AD or a producer. It seems like everyone that's talent right now wants to be a director, because it's kind of glamorous position. But if you're an AD, you get to tell people what to do and I'm kind of in to that.

What's that Mr. Lipton? You want to interview Dana for Inside the Porn Actor's Studio? OK, we're going to let you out. But you can only ask ten questions. Make them count...

What's your favorite word?

Meow. I think I say it more than any other word.

What's your least favorite word?

Cotton. I hate cottonballs and I hate cotton.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Just being different. Trying different things.

What turns you off?

That's hard. So many things turn me on. Maybe when people expect things from me.

What's your favorite curse word?

There's so many to choose from. Fuck. It's versatile. It can be a noun, adjective or verb.

What sound or noise to you love?

This is so gay, but when your AIM turns on.

What sound or noise do you hate?

Birds. There's a bird that lives outside my house 24 hours a day. I hate bird.

What profession other than your own would you most like to attempt?

Flight attendant.

What professional would you not like to do?

A waitress.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

You were right, I don't exist.