Being a porn actor is considered a profession?

[vorlon13]

I'm going to side with those that think there is a continuum.

There might be the occasional personality type that enjoys the work, but just does it for a lark a few times. Either having a trust fund or a 'regular' job to live on.

There would be others that view adult acting as a profession and achieve varying degrees of success. For some, that would be living as a homeless person and the filming gigs providing the infrequent jolt of money to some that can afford a modest apartment existence on their earnings and then there would be the upper echelon, great looks/skill combined with some business acumen and they start a filming and/or distribution business of their own.

I've noticed a few gay adult movie performers advertising as themselves as escorts, even years after their filming careers have dissipated. There have been a few adult actors to pen books about their careers, some accurate, some wildly improbable.

Extremely infrequently, a Stallone comes along, and makes it into the mainstream acting/producing business, but that would be very rare.