July 22, 2008
“If somebody comes up and asks are you going to the party tonight I go what party? Then I would probably drive to Topanga Mall and buy myself a T-shirt and take a shower so I could go to it. My life’s kind of stuck in my office.”. ... INTERVIEW, Part 1 & 2
X-Biz Magazine
February 2008 ... From Russia with Lust
Anyone who gets into this business needs to take some sort of maturity test. And maturity is not necessarily an age thing, since there are 30-year-olds who are clueless and 18-year-olds that can mentally run circles around them. Plus, I strongly believe that we all should treat each other with respect. I have seen so many girls in this industry being mistreated by their agents and other guys. ... INTERVIEW
Adult Industry Press
December 26, 2007
I am pretty happy on the pace my career is going. With Extreme I had awards, with Anabolic I have critical success but to me the most important part is having a good rep with my co-workers. I try to treat everyone with respect on set and have a light hearted time. I think people enjoy working with me and that right there is more important then anything else. ... INTERVIEW
AEBN.com & XPEEPS.com
November 2007 ... Interview for Featured Director of the Week
It's kind of an interesting story, because, while I was at Extreme the last year, I was offered a job by a few companies. But, I'm kind of loyal to who I work for, so even though those companies are pretty big companies...feature companies, I turned them down because I'm just loyal to Rob Black [founder of Extreme] and Tom Byron [founder of Evolution]. ... INTERVIEW
Kobiata
October 18, 2007
I am not really into movies having sex or violence for the sake of trying to be “different” or being rebel filmmakers. In my opinion filmmakers sometimes fall in love with themselves and their own work when they need to step back and look at the bigger picture. Give me a good story any time over eye balls popping out while trying to be serious ... INTERVIEW
AdultDVDTalk.com
May 2006 ... Hear the Pod-Cast interview
How does a small Russian boy grow up to direct for the most controversial company in porn? Extreme Associates mainstay Ivan gives us the scoop on his unikely career path from indie filmmaking to The Texas Asshole Massacre and his new spoof, The Sex Sense. And, though Ivan doesn't fuck dead people, he certainly gets spooked by them: His Hollywood pad is haunted! ... INTERVIEW
RogReviews.com
November 2005 & Posted July 2006
I decided that I wanted to make the kind of movies that people would want to keep and show to their friends. I want to put a unique spin on things ... I just recently sat down with a director in our office and went over with him a list of things that he needs for a good scene. If you have never sat down with bad footage then you have no idea what good footage really is ... INTERVIEW
July 2006
Who are the best people to work with?
People that can separate the business part from it. It's still a business, treat it that way. Be on time, be prepared, and be into it ... INTERVIEW
March 2006
The first two things I ever saw from Extreme were The Pornographer and Cocktails. Cocktails freaked me out but The Pornographer got me hooked ... The first time I saw Tom Byron in person ... he didn't have his famous mullet anymore. :( ... INTERVIEW
Mid 2005
How do you get into the porn biz?
Well it's kind of interesting story. Rob Black used to own a wrestling company, XPW, that my brother (Ricky Dynamite, director/editor for Diabolic) did lots of work for as a young kid ... INTERVIEW
Mid 2004
Then Rection got involved with XPW. "One time Sabu who was wrestling for them at the time, invited some Japanese wrestling fans who were in town for a couple of WWF shows. ... INTERVIEW