Quotes from Sasha Lane

I don't know what's next, and I like that idea. It's a little scary, but it's also beautiful. When you're open, anything can come your way.

I can't walk in stilettos. I'm more of a boot girl.

As far as how I grew up, and who is in my life, it's still a very complicated thing as far as how I want to get that across.

I love movies like 'Girl, Interrupted' and 'Infinitely Polar Bear.' I love action movies.

I'm always trying to find something good in a person wherever I can.

I don't know anything about the film industry. I thought I knew films, but apparently, I don't know films or people!

I'm the kind of girl who just, like, rolls out of bed and puts my jeans on and shakes my hair out.

I went to high school in Frisco, Texas, where a lot of people look the same, dress the same, act the same. People are either like, 'You're not black enough for this' or 'You're not white enough for this.'

I come from Texas. We're a different brand of people. You're not changing who I am.

I'm flowing and letting things happen as they happen. I want to be living out of suitcases on the road. I'm open to the universe, whatever comes my way. I feel like a hippie - but hey, it works.

All I know is real life. I don't know how to act. I don't know how to pretend.

If I dig something, I'll throw it on. I like random stuff you can get at thrift shops.

I think there is this whole part of America that people overlook. I think they know it's there, but they tend to overlook it, become ignorant to it, and refuse to see it for what it is.

I don't want to say no to anything. If I did a blockbuster, it would probably be fun. But who knows? Maybe I would connect to something. But definitely, indie movies are the ones I register with, for sure.

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

I have an amazing group of people around me who are always like, 'Oh, wow, you're doing such amazing things. But don't get a big head,' and I'm like, 'Thanks, man, appreciate it.' It helps, you know?

I am a free spirit. I am very impulsive. I put the most trust in people chance after chance, regardless of how they treat me.

I'm not embarrassed that I'm mixed. I'm not ashamed that I'm mixed. I very much embraced both sides.

I suffer a lot with mental health and stuff, so I had to find something that was going to make me OK with who I was and also give me some peace and happiness with being alive. So yeah, I've worked hard on myself.

I've had so many people in my life put me down because of how I look. When I worked in restaurants, I had people say, 'I don't want her to serve my food,' because I looked dirty or something.

I'm not like, 'I act.' I'm like, 'I'm kinda floating. I kinda did this movie; it was kinda like going to camp, and I don't really know what any of this means!'

I don't really have childhood-type memories. I had to grow up very young.

I'm sorry - I know America is supposed to be the land of the dreams and hopes, but it's like, when was that actually a real thing? I think from the very beginning it was all a lie, and it still kind of is. Stop trying to sell the picket fence, because there's another backyard here that you haven't looked at.

Some people are money hungry and don't stop to think of who they're affecting and what really matters. There's a lot of ugly.