It’s not too often that people can parlay their passions into a paycheck… especially if your passion happens to be hardcore BDSM. But for some, being able to do what they love for a living brings something special to the mix and turns the old 9 to 5 into the extraordinary. Alyssah Simone, otherwise known as the fabulous Maitresse Madeline, has not only created a lucrative career out of her love for fetish, she and her partner, Elijah X, have their own company, Dark Circus, with which they use their expertise to produce videos that they themselves would enjoy.
Maitresse Madeline must be doing something right, because aside from being amazingly intelligent, sexy and having impeccable fashion taste, she is nominated for a 2009 AVN Award for Best New Web Starlet.
Oh, and she can breathe fire too. All I know is that she can keep that fire to herself… I am already way too hot for her.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
In my personal life I had always been into kinky activities and BDSM. I went to school and worked a mainstream job. But I yearned for something more free and creative. When I met my business partner he was on the same page as I was and immediately we knew we wanted to do something in adult and we wanted to do it on our own terms. We both have that passion for the fetish side of sex and both of us brought many ideas to the table. At the time we met, I had already left my mainstream job and was working as a professional webcam model doing considerably well. This was about 4 years ago. During that time together we conceptualized our fetish production company Dark Circus. Our first site (to take off) Madelineiswicked.com is a femme domme niche site that explores my love of BDSM and the darker side of my sexuality. We have three others sites about to roll out here within the next few months including my own solo girl site AlyssahSimone.com.
2. If you weren’t in the adult industry, what would you be doing?
Ahhhhh, the question I get asked so often. It is a pretty hard one to answer. It is so hard for me to imagine my life now not revolving around the adult industry. In a way (and this may sound cheesy) I honestly feel like I help people. Whether it is in front of my webcam helping people express their deepest desires or lending an ear. I am a naked therapist is how I put it. Or being in contact with all the members of my fetish sites helping them express their kinky side that they feel so often they can not show to others. With that said I would imagine I would be in some sort of profession helping people. When I was in school I was involved with the healing arts and nutrition. I could be pretty happy helping people stay healthy and happy.
3. What’s the best thing you’ve learned or best advice you’ve received from industry?
The industry has brought so many great things into my life. I have gained so much confidence in myself from being in front of and behind the camera. Although, I still know there is always some new facet of the industry I want to learn and will! Best advice? Don’t follow in everybody else’s footsteps. Have your mentors and idols but be your own person and create your own success. NEVER take to much from someone in this industry and not give back! That way you will gain much respect with good people and maybe even some great friends along the way. Ok this is a scattered quote from a movie but I tweaked it to fit. “I am really into what I do and the adult industry, I just want to suck every drop of juice out of it then fuck it to death till I pass out!” In a good way of course!
4. What’s the funniest thing that’s happened while filming?
My goodness I could make a website on funny outtakes alone. Besides the common things you would think of, farting while filming, forgetting to turn off your phone and mom calling in between a handjob, my dog walking in making an appearance while I have a male submissive tide up and he decides to sniff around, the construction guys in the building across the way peaking in with binoculars, I have two things I can think of:
I was doing a small dick humiliation scene for a Fem Dom video once but the “slave” did not have a small dick at all. As a matter of fact he was quite nice. I was flicking around his cock and making fun of it however it just kept growing and growing. In the end it was so funny I could not string sentences together in proper English. I laughed so hard during the editing of that video because I went in this long diatribe about his “inadequate cock” but who would even understand what I said since I was speaking gibberish because his cock looked giant! Funny enough that was one of my top selling video clips.
I had the pleasure of spending 4 months in Paris shooting and working. I rented an apartment and would often shoot in the evenings from there. The Parisian neighboors were not quite happy with us at all. The building was hundreds of years old and the sound carried. One night we had a french couple come up extremely pissed trying desperately to speak English to yell at us. They stated they were sick of hearing our “happiness” going on all evening and we really needed to tone it down. It was quite amusing to say the least.
5. What do you think is the biggest misconception about women in industry?
It is a stereotype that myself and I know so many other talented, smart, beautiful women in this industry deal with. We are not all ditsy and dumb. We are not all down and out in some way. We are smart, beautiful and, most of all, business women. We harness all that talent, beauty and sexuality and make things happen! It is so powerful and such a great feeling.
6. What did you do today?
I am having a 1966 Cadillac Victoria Hearse restored so that I can have something fun to drive all my friends around in. I went to the mechanics today to discuss my pimpin’ white leather interior I am having installed. After that I tied up one naughty submissive on film and gave him a forced orgasm then I pulled on a pair of pantyhose and made him worship my ass. All in a days work
7. What would you rather have done today?
Vinatge cars? Ass worship? Orgasms? Need I say more?
8. If you could do a movie with anyone (living or brought back from the dead) who would it be?
Living? Definitely Ziyi Zhang from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I have a thing for Asian girls. Dead? How about Elizabeth Bathory? That bitch was crazy. I’d tie her up and do very naughty things to her. We could probably have some intense power exchange.
9. Who is your favorite adult performer?
Ya know, I always loved Janine. There is something about her mouth I love to watch. I could watch that women lick her lips and point her toes for hours. Not to mention how she even got hotter after she got her sleeve. I love to lick a woman’s tattoos.
10. You’ve got 20 bucks left to your name; what would you do with it?
I would imagine that if it was the last twenty dollars to my name, I would get something to eat.
11. If you were president, what’s the first thing you’d change?
With the state of our country today and the up and coming election and the crazy laws that are being placed on our industry along with the major legal battles that are happening right now within our industry I would want to invoke change to help protect the rights of all the amazing folks I know in this industry. On another hand I am a very eco-minded individual and think that something desperately needs to be done as far as the fuel crisis and the deterioration of our natural resources. But, gosh, how can I not bring up the whole fucked up American health care system? Do not get me started in politics, we are supposed to be talking about sex right?
12. What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done?
I peed my pants in a CVS once. Although, when I think back, I was not really that embarrassed. I traveled with a traveling circus for a year as the fire proof women and burned my eyelashes and eye brows off in front of a huge audience. I don’t know really. It takes a lot for me to get embarrassed.
13. Which is your favorite project you’ve worked on?
By far working on my Fem Dom fetish projects have been so rewarding in so many ways. I get to explore my love for BDSM and be the strong powerful woman that I am. I have grown as a dominant woman because of the project and have leared so much about myself. And, lets face it, it is all sorts of fun!
14. If you could have 1 superpower what would it be?
Do I have to pick just one? How about “Pheromone Manipulation.” I would be sexually irresistible! That could be fun. Or how about “Omni-linguism?” The ability to understand any form of language. I have always found languages to be interesting it would be awesome to be able to speak and understand as many as you wanted. For a normal superpower invisibility would be cool but I think it would get me into to much trouble.
15. Meat or veggie?
Veggie baby! All the way! Love me some soy dogs. They smell like ass and taste like yumminess!
16. What is your favorite book?
I love Anais Ninn’s writing. She has the abilty to provoke disgust, passion, sensuality and sadness in me all in the same book.
17. What is your biggest pet peeve?
Dealing with stupid people who think they know it all. I am not the smartest person in the world, but I know a thing or two, but I also know that a day goes by where I don’t learn something it is a lost day. Arrogance and ignorance. Blah!
18. What is your best piece of sex advice for women?
One thing I have learned being in this industry is to embrace my sexuality. Do not hide it. As woman we have needs wants and desires just like any man does. Our needs and desires may be a bit more deep and complicated but that is what makes us great! Do not be scared to be that hot slut for your man you have deep down inside. Share the thoughts on your dirty kinks and fetishes! Be open about it! You will be happy you did and it will always keep your sex life interesting. Which in turns makes you a happy person!
19. What is your favorite adult movie?
I like a bit of art, imagery and of course fetish mixed with my porn so Michael Ninn‘s style really appeals to me. I enjoyed “Cathrine” with Audrey Hollander. The movie was beautiful and fucking sexy. It was surreal and haunting. And, it has a firey hot redhead as the main character! Cannot beat that. Even his box covers are great to browse through and look at.
20. Tell me one thing you’ve never told anyone else.
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have sex with a beautiful transexual. Male to female and having the best of both worlds. I never had the chance, but I bet it would interesting to say the least.
Check out more Maitresse Madeline at HM4Her or at her website Madelineiswicked.com.
Also, Maitresse Madeline will be signing at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas at HotMovies booth on the morning of Saturday, January 10th.
I want to steal her wardrobe too
She is all around awesome!