Back in the day, my wife was in high demand on the pornsets, and shot easily over 500 movies for the main companies. As such, she was at the higher end of the pay rate scale, because putting her name on the product generated sales.
However, even at the top end of the rate scale, she might well have earnt $1500+ Per Scene, but that meant that she would be at the studio early on, have to spend a few hours waiting around on set, then maybe an 2 hours or so of pretty hardcore pounding, with gagging and anal and deep throat etc, then spend more time on paperwork etc, before travelling home. She might have earnt $1500, but it was still an entire day that she was on set, so around 6 to 8 hours or so, if she was lucky...
If she was lucky was the key point, because it only took a camera issue, a lighting issue, male talent having issues, another performer being late etc etc, to extend that 6 to 8 hours to something even longer...
OR... Because she had the name, from doing the films...
She could drive to a private house in the hills, meet a fan for a 'Private', spend less than 1 hour and 15 mins at the location from start to finish, and spend a realistic 30 to 40 mins of the time actually having relatively gentle and vanilla sex... (With a condom)
Then walk out with 2K in her hand...
So, it was 1.5K for an entire day, or 2K for just over an hour, that wasn't even filmed, so there was no record of it (hence the term 'Private')
OK, so without the movies, she wouldn't have built her name (Remember, this is the VERY early days of the internet) and without her name, she couldn't have commanded 2K for an hour... So its a chicken and egg situation really.
But I can't blame her for preferring a 'private' over a shoot...
