Starting out in the industry
"My first stream, I started out just in a pair of overalls and I was hugging a teddy bear. And I was so worried about just sort of what the stream would turn into. It was so interesting just to meet all these different people that were very interested in certain aspects of sexuality. So that's actually how I got myself to really get into masturbating. And really enjoying it. It was just so arousing to me to see all of these people in my stream just getting off to me touching myself and stripping. It was a very unique experience. And I think now that you mentioned it, exhibitionism was definitely something that I wasn't immediately expecting would get me off just so much."

Going from camming to studio porn
"It was right around my cam-iversary, which is the anniversary of my first day of my cam stream, I decided, you know what, I've been in it long enough. And I feel like I'm ready to explore what porn is like and what sex is like on camera. I thought that it would be really amazing to sort of find my sexual identity within that and to find that form of expression working with other performers. It was really exciting. I had spent a couple of years working with other cam girls where we would collaborate on streams and make videos. But I felt like I really wanted to understand the production side of the professional industry. And it's just so amazing to me."

Porn and sexuality
"As a girl, and as a woman that is exploring her sexuality, I hope that I can be a symbol of inspiration for other girls, other women who are interested in joining the industry, I want to be able to show them that there is a healthy way to approaching the industry, and that there is a way to engage in it. Where it's not the stereotypical perspective of people outside of the industry saying 'Oh, porn is shameful. You'll feel bad about it.' It's something that you should feel proud of. And I want to be there as an ambassador for porn and represent that."

Shooting Leana Unlocked for Elegant Angel
"So my first showcase was really fascinating for me, because I came in prepared for the unexpected. I mean, they already sent me a script that had all of these details on what I'd be doing, on the themes that we would be approaching every day that we were shooting this, but I still came in just knowing that the end product was going to be something that's entirely different from what I'm used to having released. And it's just so amazing to know that it's finished. I really love having a greater responsibility towards my roles and acting so it was a lot of fun creating a story where my body plays a central role, but also my interactions with my environment and the people around me."

Porn threesomes
"it's so funny because the mood in a threesome is so ephemeral. Really, you have to have almost like a porn star spidey sense. It's like how decorators describe feng shui. When they walk into a room they can sense the atmosphere and figure out if a room doesn't vibrate. When you're on a porn set with two other guys it's suddenly like, okay, I can sense their sexual attraction, and finding this interchangeable rhythm back and forth between them that just creates a harmony. That's really what you want in a scene."

Genres she would like to try
"There's so many. It just feels like everything is unexpected. It feels a little bit like Halloween, because you can just be someone in every single scene. And I feel like every single one of them is a new discovery with a new performer with a new set different angles, different storyline. To be honest, if I think about like any scenes that I would want - I don't know. I mean, it's just so hard to think about really what I want when it comes to- I like making videos that please other people. It just makes me happy to make what everyone else wants."

Leana Lovings quotations excerpted from Adult Empire interviews