Comments on: Katie Naylon on Phone Sex and Screenwriting (About Phone Sex)

By: Ignatius

Ignatius — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:03:18 +0000

I’m confused — how did the two writers/producers of the film end up with a million bucks to make it? It’s almost mentioned as an afterthought. “…it was sort of a roll of the dice because we had a million dollars together…” Did they finance this movie with their own money, or were there other investors? If there were no other investors, how is it possible for two people to save up one million dollars at such a young age? I’d be curious about the specifics there. Gracias…

By: eemusings@twitter

eemusings@twitter — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:02:23 +0000

” “Sorority girls want to bone on the phone!”

Best. Tagline. Ever.

Not surprised that she went on to make a killing in advertising!

By: muush

muush — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:54:59 +0000

@oiseau Seconded!

By: Hey Ash

Hey Ash — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:05:12 +0000

@jfruh She was probably used to paying the amount people pay as employees and hoping it wouldn’t be that big a deal if it was all under the table. If she was starting her own business she would have had to pay a much higher percentage, and that for sure can be a bit shocking.

By: oiseau

oiseau — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:39:02 +0000

This was great!

I love the piece of advice at the end – as a fairly ambitious young it really applies to where I’m at right now in life.

Would love to read more about the strange career paths other now-successful people took.

By: jfruh

jfruh — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:31:48 +0000

(Also no offense and I know you were in college, but why are so many people so surprised when they discover that they have to pay taxes on their income?)

By: jfruh

jfruh — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:31:20 +0000

I had a friend who was in grad school to be a psychologist and she did the phone sex thing (not starting her own line, just getting it forwaded to her at home by a service), and, at the same time, was manning the phones at a suicide hotline as an internship for her program. She said there was a lot more overlap than you’d think, as a significant portion of people who call the phone sex lines are pretty depressed and really just want someone to talk to, and also you sometimes get people calling the suicide hotline who want to talk dirty.

One thing she told me that I found surprising was that the phone sex line people were pretty strict about keeping things on the up and up. Like, my friend was in her mid-20s had a pretty young-sounding voice, and you were supposed to record brief promos of various personae that the callers would choose from the phone menu. And my friend tried to do a “naughty schoolgirl” thing and they were very firm that they couldn’t do it, because it might imply that she was underage.