◄ Sasha Grey ►

Quotes

Anybody that believes that Adrian Grenier's name is really Vince should probably watch less TV.

I don't think any human being/artist is 100% emotionally stable, based on the human condition and our emotions that relate to it.

I don't want to be looked at. I really want to be a home body.

I guess I've always been attracted to secret societies and the mystery surrounding them.

I like to work. I don't like to have lulls. I feel like it makes me lazy and uncreative, and that's when your ideas become stagnant.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

I'd like to think of myself as somebody who has a voice for liberating female sexuality.

If I only concentrated on one thing, I would limit myself in life.

I'm not 18 anymore, so I'm not into starting unnecessary beefs. It's tacky.

I'm not very good at parties. I'm a wallflower.

I've been writing since I was 10 or 11. I started with poetry because that was the easiest thing. It just kind of came naturally. I think at that time West Coast hip hop was huge; all these kids around me were like, 'I want to be a rapper.' But I'm a white girl, not going to be a rapper.

I've really been trying to go back to when I was 18 and rediscover the things that drove me, and my passions. How do I get back to being that strong? Because I feel like as I get older, I'm not as fearless as I was when I was 18.

Literally, I just love food and I like going to dinner with big groups of people so you can try everything.

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.

My body is my art, and it's also the tool that I use to make money.

My dad is really just lazy. He has nothing, I feel, to offer this world.

My goal is to be myself, and to challenge stereotypes, and to follow the rules, and break them, and make new rules. It's not about doing something that's already been done. That would be silly.

People can dress you the way they want, they can do your makeup the way they want, but they can never take away your voice.

Persistence and determination are incredibly important. But sometimes you need to analyze the situation and understand when you're wrong. You need to be able to cop to being wrong, learn to change, and continue to grow as a human being.

Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental.

Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn't encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am.

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.

'The Girlfriend Experience' was definitely the break-out. When it came out, I started getting other opportunities.

There are so many aspects of human sexuality that we're afraid to talk about, because people still don't understand it. It's not just black and white, you know?

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

When I'm on an adult set and I'm in a scene, I am myself. I'm not acting. I am playing to the camera, definitely, but I am myself.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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