Quotes from Sasha Grey

I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally.

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

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

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

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?

I always had all of these childhood fantasies about wanting to invent things, like a spaceship or a time machine. And everyone's imagined what it would be like to go back in time and change things, to see what would happen if you had a different life. 'Back to the Future' fulfills all of those daydreams. It's the perfect movie.

When it comes to romance, I'm really simple. I am really a 'dinner and a movie' type of person, and I love food, so surprise me and order something different or adventurous when it comes to food, and I'm like a kid at Halloween.

Honestly, I look at the project and I look at the people attached and I look at the director. If it's a role that I feel will help me, as an actor, then I'll definitely take it.

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

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.

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

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.

We do have a distorted view of our fantasies in society, but that's because we don't talk about them enough.

I don't believe in a God. I don't believe in any of that stuff to determine my life or my goals or my direction. I just depend on myself.

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

Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.

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

I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this: There are plenty of people that I wish I could un-meet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome.

I have this brand, I have my name. And I'm going to do what I want because people will buy it. People will enjoy it. So don't tell me I have to follow this formula and sit inside the box. Because I don't.

The day I feel like I'm at an office job is the day I'll quit performing in front of a camera.

I am selective, but at the same time, I want to be out there as an actor and show people my range.

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

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.

As a woman, and as somebody in the public eye, we always have to be ready for the red carpet and have the nicest outfit, work with the best makeup artist. While all that's nice, we're also human beings.