DAVE GAMMON: Ok, who have you met in the industry you now consider friends? And who has been your most pleasure to work with? Is there anyone you aspire to work with as of late?

DYLAN RYDER: That’s a tough question to be honest with you (laughs). Because there are a lot of people that I really adore in this business. A lot of people you’d never know because they’re not in front of the camera.

DG: Right…

DR: Aside from that there are a whole slew of girls I love to work with. And of course, there are my legendary people that make you say, ‘Oh I really want to work with that person.’ Because you’ve just seen them and you know them throughout their career. You’ve watched them in other porn. It’s not so much we’d ever have the opportunity to cross paths because we’re with different companies, so it’s more that you just watch the face of a company and how reputable they’ve become. “Oh I want to be that!” I want to be the Jesse Jane of Blue Bird Films. I want to be whatever it takes to get to that level. Not so much like, I want to have sex with that person because it would make my day. It’s more that I aspire the business side of it and the way they’ve branded themselves.

DG: OK

DR: Relationships are hard. I have guys that I like working with, but girls, it’s like hard. There are a lot of girls. I have my personal favourites I consider my—-Phoenix Marie I consider a good friend, Jessica Jaymes to be one of my good friends, but it’s one of those things. I don’t know if I have this super wish list. It’s more like I come across like, “oh she’d be good and she’d be good.” It just depends.

DG: Is there anyone you’ve worked with that you’d rather just as soon forget?

DR: (Laughs) Yeah–but you know–I probably shouldn’t name names.

DG: I appreciate that. We’re not here to slander after all.

DR: (laughs)

LM: Is that like the ‘no’ list? (combined laughs)

DG: What are relationships like for you outside of the business?

DR: Pretty much, I’m really close to my family. I’m actually kind of a home body. I don’t do too much (laughs). I have my same group of friends from high school that I’ve always had. My family lives a couple hours from here and they come here. The majority of my time off is absorbed with family time, so I’m not a club and party go-‘er. I’m definitely not one of those. My favourite place to go when I know I have the entire day off is Disneyland.

DG: Oh yeah? (combined laughs)

DR: I’m kind of a nerd like that. I really, just now that I’ve got the new film, have all these games I want to play. I love to cook and travel. I’m not really super over exciting when it comes to outside of work. I’m a busy body when it comes to work, so when I’m not working I really just lay low.

LM: As a performer, ever have dating issues?

DR: Dating is hard…..

DG: I think it is hard regardless of your choice of vocation.

DR: Yeah it adds a whole other level of complexity. It takes a special person with a lot of understanding, and a lot of integrity and confidence, to be able to be like: “yeah I can accept this. I can understand it.” I think people that date people within the industry can understand what we do better than those not in the industry. It’s easier to see that it’s not what it comes across as on film. It’s very professional. It is very much about the product and what we’re offering to consumers, rather than me coming to work because I want to get laid by this guy and he’s so dreamy. It’s humourous in a way, truly, if you come on a set. Once you get over the whole “Oh my God! These people are having sex!” then it’s like, why is no one else all that excited? (laughs)

We tell jokes, make one another feel comfortable. For the most part we’re there to do a job, and we all want to go home at the end of the day.

DG: I think that’s a common stereotype or misconception about people who work in our industry. Are there any other misconceptions you can think of that are completely off base?

DR: It is all in my book-well the chapter I co-wrote: “Jizz Bizz and the Quality of Life”, is the title of the chapter. We’re not all on drugs, we’re not all sexually abused, we’re not all fucked up-but not a bunch of fucked up people who chose to escape with porn. I can’t speak for everybody. As with an occupation or any person we sort of all have our issues. But I’m not some sort of fucked up individual who’s on dope, or that porn is my way of escaping reality. Porn is my reality. That is what I chose. I chose to do this. And I still choose to do it. So I think that’s a lot of it.

DG: I thank you Ms. Ryder for your time and generosity. All the best to you in the Blue Bird future.

Dylan Ryder can be found on twitter: @DylanRyderxxx
Website: Dylanryder.com