Rocco Siffredi (12 PHOTOS): exclusive interview with the father of hardcore
The Italian origins of this porn legend. Deep voices, charming smiles, and an outstanding (even by the standards of the porn industry) manhood—Rocco is guilty of all these things. He hasn’t used his hands (or other limbs) for over 30 years. What’s behind his porn star image? And what about the events in his personal life? It’s time to get to know Mr. Siffredi.
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Journalist: How do you control yourself, and is it easy to have sex on camera?
Rocco: It’s natural. Basically, I’ve been given sex for a long time. Perhaps that’s my goal. When you get paid, you have to give it honestly and be responsible for what you do. This is my character and my development.
J: Siffredi Hard Academy (“Porn University”, Open Rocco Siffred) is a completely unique project.
R: It’s very good. We teach young people and the next generation how to become porn stars.
J: What’s the secret of your success?
R: I always say that, above all, you need to live your passion. You can take this advice with a little sarcasm. If you want to be a porn star, you can’t take yourself too seriously. And you need to be able to control the situation. You also need to be able to connect with people and care about yourself. You need to be able to control both your penis and your hands, and that’s not easy at all.
J: Why can’t all men do this?
R: Even pornography makes it possible for 10 specialists worldwide. But now, with the advent of Viagra and other means, everything is changing. Anyone can do it with them. It’s very simple.
J: And the side effects?
R: Losing touch with yourself is the worst side effect. And for me, it’s important to use all my senses—touch, smell, sight.
W: You’re very attractive.
R: I just love women. They help.
W: Judging by what your female colleagues say, you’re polite.
R: Of course. I’m glad you make other people happy. Some girls say that when they work with me, they don’t feel like they’re being used as a sex object, which really irritates me because they don’t feel like they’re being used as a sex object.
J: Have you ever worked in Australia?
R: Yes, about 30 years ago – in Sydney and Adelaide. Sunny McKay was my partner. There weren’t many actresses in Australia back then, and she was the best. We were filming a Formula 1 movie, and we had a scene on top of a car. We stayed overnight on a houseboat on the river in Adelaide, and it was amazing.
J: Why did you end your career?
R: When I decided to start doing porn, I had to give up being Italian—everyone said I’d end up badly. Twenty years passed, my sons started growing up, my Italian roots, my culture—it all came back to me.
I had to stop acting until my children were old enough to understand something about sex. I quit in 2004, but at that time, I didn’t realize I was addicted to sex. That’s what happens when you work twice a day, 25-27 days a month.
I became Michael Fassbender’s character in the film “Shame.” The film shook me for a week. I was so hurt, I didn’t understand anything. I talked to my wife, and she said, “Why don’t you continue? We have no problems, and your children love you.” So I made the final decision to return to the industry in 2009 and retire in 2015.
J: How did you come to this?
R: I joined this survival show—the famous Island. Alone and naked on the island, I spent a week there and began to reflect on my life, began to think about the people who mattered to me. I reprioritized my life.
At my first screening, it was men, not porn actors, who approached me. They told me they’d also been through a crisis, been with other women, and ended up losing their families. They were around 50. It’s probably similar to a 50-year-old crisis.
J: You’re very athletic, you’ve got a good physique, basically. But maybe you still train? Or do you have enough sex?
R: I’ll tell you something. Throughout my entire career, I’ve never. Never. I’ve never done drugs. Sometimes I’ll have a glass of wine with friends. I don’t smoke cigarettes. Sex is my only addiction. But not yet. Training, training, training. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to have sex for 4-5 hours on set.
Now I see that after three minutes, some new actors say, “Oh, my legs!” And I tell them, “You want to be a porn actor?” You must be training. Very athletic.
Rocco Siffredi with his wife Rosa Karachal
Autobiography Film
Siffredi’s mother wanted her son to become a priest. A good idea, but impractical, since Rocco calls his penis “the devil between his legs.” We don’t know if this priest is the “Italian Stallion,” but he’s a stellar porn actor. Seyffred’s career was so successful that his life story even became the basis for an autobiographical film. The film was released in 2016. Seyffred spoke about his creation, Rocco, in an interview with the American youth publication Vice.
Journalist: Why was the documentary released in 2016?
Rocco: There were several attempts to release the film. When I was 40, I received an offer from a Polish director to make a film about the life and work of a young man who had been in the business for 20 years. But at that point, I’d already been in business for 20 years and didn’t think I had anything to say. Then there was an offer from an Italian director, but I thought Italians were concerned about prejudices around sexuality. Then there was a French director. You could say we grew up as artists in France—after all, that’s where I started acting in pornography.
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I met with the directors, and they said they wanted to make a film about pornography and needed a leader. We talked for a few hours, and then they changed their minds. They wanted to make a film in which I would be the main character. It was a rather turbulent time in my life, and I decided that with this film I could get everything that had been pent up out of my head.
J: In the film, you talk about the loss of your mother and siblings. Was it difficult to talk about this?
R: As you know, I’ve been through a lot of suffering in my life. When you see your brother die at the age of six and your mother go crazy with grief, it’s impossible to remain normal. It’s impossible to forget that pain. Ultimately, you just want to do what makes this life less difficult. After these tragedies, I was ready for anything.
R: I was already sexually active at 11. I felt special because I remembered that my peers had no sexual experience. But that’s not the main thing. I just wanted to give my mother something to help her cope with the pain of losing her son.
I also remember, at age 13, finding a magazine with photos of super-sexy pornstars from the 70s. There he is—a brunette with a bell-shaped head. You flip through the pages—he’s already getting fucked. You keep going through the leaves—red. Then you turn the page and see a photo of him fucking all three of them. I saw that and said, “I want to do that.”
I called my brother, who lived in Paris, and told him I wanted to do porn. He said, “You’re crazy.” Then he said the same thing at 16. He called me crazy again. When I was 20, he told me I could find people in porn who would help me at a swingers club. I could. People saw me having sex. From that day on, my life changed forever. I was in heaven.
J: Why do you call your penis “the devil between your legs”?
R: The devil owns your body, but they don’t. When sex starts to control you, it’s the devil’s fault. It’s like drugs or alcohol. The demon makes you do things you don’t really like.
J: This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about retirement. When you were 40, you said you’d keep working behind the camera, and that you couldn’t do anything else, that you couldn’t do anything else.
Rocco Siffredi with his wife Rosa Karachal
R: I tried to retire for the sake of my children. I wanted to stop it before they became teenagers having sex. I tried to stay away from the camera so as not to traumatize her. But I got along very well with them. I was distressed by what was happening, and I started going to prostitutes two or three times a day. Because I was used to a lot of sex.
J: Did it affect your marriage?
R: Of course. But my wife is a very intelligent woman; she understood my situation. She said that because of that, if you have to constantly seek sex from prostitutes, there’s no point in retiring.
J: Was it strange, considering they usually pay you for sex?
R: Yes, and something interesting happened. They looked at my penis and said, “Wow, it’s so big, why don’t you do porn?” And I said so. And I said I’d think about it. Several times.
J: How does it feel to talk about the size of your dicks?
R: “How many centimeters is this?” — The first question they ask me. I’m used to it. I know it’s my job. We’re both famous—him and me. Everything is very clear in my head. I don’t feel like an object. I work thanks to the club members, I have no problem with that.
J: Has the porn industry changed during your time in the industry?
R: I’ve been through four generations. And it’s very different from when I started. We shot two scenes a week, with a lot of dialogue, etc. There was plenty of time to set up the camera and light, but there wasn’t much sex. Lots of dialogue, comedy, structure.
And now it’s sex, just sex, no dialogue. No more romance. I just shoot parts of a woman’s body—breasts, legs, angles. Sometimes it’s just triple penetration; you barely touch the girl. It’s very different from previous pornography.
J: Has it gotten better?
R: Worse. Building relationships with women is very important to me. I want to use all my hands. But I don’t have time for that. No one cares. Everyone wants a body. A body. A body. Body. New people. New penis. I hate sex without a connection. The internet has ruined everything. There’s no budget for a feature-length film with a plot.
I love the internet. After all, even a penniless person living in the countryside can dream of beautiful girls. But the business is over. Sex is everywhere—why pay for it?
J: You brought Kelly Stafford out of retirement to make the film. Why was that so important to you?
R: To me, she’s a superstar. And she’s just like me, only in a woman’s body.
W: Is she more powerful than you because she’s a woman?
R: 100 percent. Without a doubt. She’s very bright. I’m attracted to different people. She’s crazy, incredible. I don’t like ordinary people. I don’t like mediocrity. They’re so boring.
J: Are you retiring forever? You’ll still be back.
R: I talked about it after the film, but I won’t answer that question anymore. I won’t say I’m leaving or coming back. I’m taking a break now, but I can’t say I won’t be back.
Viagra, Europe, and Youth
Journalist: What else has changed since you started?
Rocco: In the ’80s, the industry was a ghetto. Becoming a porn actor wasn’t easy. My first colleagues lived, so to speak, on the fringes of society. But sex was more spontaneous and natural. Show them some pubic hair—they’re already happy.
J: Is sex becoming a commodity?
R: More competition. It’s hard to believe that porn actors are now taking or injecting Viagra. Society has led to this. You’re forced to give it your all, push yourself to the limit, and in the blink of an eye, you can be thrown overboard. Sex is becoming more artificial. Men are afraid of women. Sex has become a service.
J: What about the new generation?
R: They’re getting better. They’re more uninhibited and talk about sex more. Some of them appreciate pornography. Young people often thank me—they want to try something new but don’t know how. They look at me and repeat.
J: Let’s talk about Europe. Is it true that the further north you go, the colder it gets?
R: Girls in Spain, Italy, and France are the sexiest in Europe. It’s a social and cultural issue. In Eastern Europe, the only thing that wasn’t taboo was sex. The local youth are more uninhibited than Latin Americans.
J: You’re certainly speaking from personal experience.
R: Yes, that’s true. I traveled all over Europe looking for girls for casting. In Italy, only one agreed to join and shoot with us. In Budapest, Prague, and especially St. Petersburg, there were dozens of candidates. For them, that’s normal. Hundreds of girls act in pornography, pay for their studies, and support their families.
J: And in southern Europe?
R: For us, sex is the meaning of life and gives everything a deep and unique value.
J: But that doesn’t quite align with Catholic morality.
R: Thousands of Italian women sleep with powerful men for career advancement. This only happens in private, not in public.
