Tera Patrick Returns- Welcome To The Tera-Dome

ImportTuner is proud to be the first car magazine to feature Tera's return. There has been a magazine or two saying they nabbed an interview, but the truth is they acquired pre-shot photography and interviewed someone that pretended to be Tera. We got it straight from Tera management. Word bond.

As a matter of fact, I just wanted to do an interview-nothing else. Evan Seinfield (Tera's husband and manager) told us Tera had just signed a contract to appear at a number of HIN shows, and since ImportTuner was the industry's top magazine, he wanted the cover. We didn't argue.

Tera is set to go straight to the top with the help of her new film already on the shelves and an added import industry fan base (like we weren't fans already). I'm totally avoiding the obvious eye-popping beauty. Who looks at a pretty face these days? We do!

2NR: I called earlier and you were at the gym do you work out often?TP: I try to workout three or four times a week. I do a lot of running, a lot of cardio work.

2NR: As beautiful and popular as you are do you get a lot of looks from the guys?TP: I don't really know because people don't come up to me.

2NR: In those situations if they approach you they out themselves as porn watchers.TP: It could be that I'm with Evan. He's a big tattooed guy. Some people might be intimidated simply because of that. I think people mistake him as my bodyguard. If you saw Tom Cruise walking down the street with bodyguards you wouldn't just walk up to him. If you saw him alone you might.

2NR: Tell me about the HIN tour you're going on.TP: I'm really excited to do the Hot Import Nights tour. I wish I had done this sooner. When I work there are days where I don't want to dance or days I don't want to film. I have excuses like my butt's too big or my legs hurt. The one thing I like to do is to go out and meet my fans. I like to sign autographs, shake hands and take the pictures with them. Evan reminds me about the fact that this would never have been possible if I didn't do something to have fans. I'd never get to enjoy the fans if I never danced or was never in movies. So as you can imagine I'm really excited to be on the tour.

2NR: You had a two-year hiatus.TP: Well, it was one year.

2NR: In that year off what did you do?TP: I've kept really busy. I ended my contract with Playboy TV. For the most part I was working to build my company. I made a really bad business decision early when I first got into the business. Things didn't go the way I expected or planned to go. I signed another contract with Vivid who I should have signed my first contract with. I built my Web site. I also wanted to work on myself emotionally. We bought a home in New York and a home in L.A. We both bought new cars-a Hummer, a Cadillac and a '72 Pontiac Grand Prix. We also have a Jessie James Chopper. Really the year for me was a time for me to reflect on the future. I don't want to be doing porn forever and I don't want to be modeling forever. I sat with my accountant, my lawyer and my husband and asked myself what I wanted to do with the next three years of my life. I tell all the girls if you're gonna be here and expose yourself you have to make the most money that you can and then maximize the money that you have. I want to make more investments.