Rocco Siffredi

Rocco Siffredi is an Italian porn star, now working as a director and producer of adult movies. He is also known as 'the Italian Stallion,' a name he was given in reference to the size of his penis. As of 2005, he has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films. He is credited with helping launch the careers of porn stars Nacho Vidal and Kelly Stafford.

Personal Quotes:

"As an actor I put my strong passion in anything I do. It can be porno, or it can be straight movies. The main difference generally, is emotions and physical. Unfortunately, we [in the porn industry] look more for the double penetrations or triple penetrations than how all this penetrations can start."

"I tell him it's my vocation, the dream of my life. He was with two girls and he told me, 'Let me see what you know.' I remember having sex in front of 200 people and in the morning I was in his studio working." - On his first breakthrough into the adult film industry when he met Gabriel Pontello. editor of Supersex magazine.

"I have no idea. But if you count about 600 films, you can multiply each film with three to four women. And that does not include the women I had sex with for photo-shoots. I did much more photo-shoots than films. I guess I had sex with about 3000 women, but that's a rough estimate. And it also doesn't include my normal girlfriends, women I had affairs with." - On how many models he has had sex with.

"In my real life I never do that. It's too exhausting." - On having sex with three women at the same time for a porn movie.

"Constantly, and it starts to annoy me. In France almost everybody recognizes me wherever I go. In Italy too it's impossible for me to walk somewhere without being recognized." - On being recognized.

"No, you just have to eat healthy and stay fit. I am a performer. It doesn't matter whether you drink or smoke, as long as you have a clean spirit. You can't have any stress, when you have stress you can forget it. You got to have a clean mind." - On how to stay fit and healthy as a performer.

"Never, I don't use anything at all. I don't even drink or smoke. Never tried it in my life. I only know a few people who use cocaine. Even in the States the white powder is 'out'." - On if he uses a stimulant to increase his onscreen performance.

"I like two sorts; they must be very feminine, or very young. So very feminine females or young teenagers. Color of the hair or things like that don't matter to me." - On the sort of women he is into.

"To do porn-shootings isn't always nice: you do everything in front of a camera, and you can never forget about that. You're a professional in the first place. In my private life, I only do those things which I want to do with my partner."

Awards:

AVN Hall of Fame member