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In the film, your character is an escort who juggles her profession with the complications of a relationship. Do the issues your character faces with her boyfriend compare to your real-life relationship with your fiancé?
It wasn't very similar because I actually care about my fiancé. The characters are vain people just looking for a bigger mirror. That relationship dynamic is different from mine at home. If someone didn't like what I did for a living, they wouldn't be with me, so I don't have that problem. And [in the film] they both use each other as a crutch. That's very different from my life.
In 2006, Steven Soderbergh told The Believer magazine that he thinks a person's views on porn are a better indicator of their mindset, than saying they're Republican or Democrat. Would you agree?
We never talked about that. But I think there's a lot to that point. There are a lot of people who would say that we are numb to violence — but when we depict sex on screen, or talk about porn, some people get totally freaked out. Like it's gross, or wrong. There's this belief out there that you have to be so guilty and ashamed when you talk about sex. That's not everyone of course, but maybe in a way a person's outlook on porn does show you who they are, and what they believe.
You're known for doing extreme stuff in your movies. What's something you haven't done that you really want to?
There's plenty of stuff I haven't done that I'd like to do. But there are a lot of things I won't do because I don't want to go to fucking jail. It wouldn't be worth it.
Can you name one of those things?
I'll leave it up to your imagination.
We hear you're a fan of the late Hunter S. Thompson. What do you think he would make of the term gonzo being applied to porn?
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There are a lot of things I won't do because I don't want to go to jail
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[Laughs]
Why is that so funny?
That's funny because I did a screening of this adult film recently, and I used the word "gonzo" when I was talking. This girl in the audience asked what gonzo was. And I told her it wasn't Hunter S. Thompson's type of gonzo, but she didn't know who he was. That's kind of sad.
As for gonzo porn, I have very mixed feelings. It was a great thing and some of the pioneers of gonzo really did some amazing work, but it also allowed an influx of people who aren't that great. There's no plot in gonzo, and so people without creativity just call it gonzo and they end up just ripping off what everyone else is doing.
There's a great deal of media buzz about you, right now. A lot of the headlines are titillation: porn star acts, reads Sartre! Do you worry fans will focus more on you, than on the movie?
I think people will come to see the film with a preconceived bias, and I'm not sure there's much I can do about that. Some people won't allow themselves to strip the idea of me away from the character. They'll just see a porn star, not the character.
Who is the character?
You can't just boil down the character in a few words. She's not me, but that's my point. There are similarities. I have a boyfriend, and so does my character — but almost everyone has a relationship, and they're all hard. So, I hope that people can see these two characters for who they really are, because that's what the film is about.
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Commentarium (17 Comments)
The thing I don't like about her is that she seems overly self-satisfied, and just not very nice.
I totally agree with you; there is a very unappealing detached quality I don't like. Also it seems like she's pulling intellectual rank when she mentions how it's "sad" that some other porn star wasn't familiar with a Hunter S. Thompson. It's so condescending. It seems like she's trying very hard to be smart and "edgy" but she just comes across as mean spirited and grandiose.
What the fuck is so glorious about being a porn "star"? It's like talking about the "miracle" of birth.
Don't know if she's mean-spirited or anything, DO know that reading Hunter Thompson ain't like reading the Bible in the original Aramaic. I mean, jeez, did anyone feel real challenged by, say, 'Hell's Angels'? I know, at least some times, attractive people claim that people automatically think they're less-than-intelligent; well, here's the flip: for some attractive people, the bar for 'ooh, she's intellectual' is so low you can step over it.
I'm not a fan of Ms. Grey's just because she's like about a million other young porn stars: stares at the camera, a whole line of phony-baloney patter, that spit-sucking sound that drives me up the wall, the drooping eyelids meant to imply passion but always making me think of Get Shorty's Chili Palmer saying, what are you telling me, you're sleepy, you need a nap?....
Yawn. Gonzo WAS gonzo, at least originally, because it was (more or less) real people, not 'porn stars' who exhibited all the above behaviors, getting it on. Now it's more of the same. Don't know if I'll see this movie, maybe on cable. DO know, based on about 2 minutes of Redtube, I ain't renting none'a Sasha's porn.
Is she good enough to make it with her pants on? I forget, did Sofia Coppola ever get better after Godfather 3?
Sometimes I don't like knowing too much about actors and actresses before I see a movie. It brings too much baggage and I can't help thinking about their personal life makes me view the film less objectively. I watched GFE on Amazon VOD, it was good.
i think she have the right to do what she wants and sex shouldnoy be a tabu
I don't get why she is the "smart porn star." She sounds like an angsty 15-year-old high school girl name dropping Sartre and Hunter S. Thompson. The bar must not be too high in that industry.
hey did any of ya'll stop and think well she has the right to lord her intelligence over me because she has a college education and doesnt have a dead end job and has goals for her life and doesnt just sit around and gossip about a " young actress "
What do you think?
I'm one of Sasha's female fans. Until her, I really didn't watch much porn. What I love about her is that she always owns the room. She can switch from domme to subby, but always seems to be in control. And, she she doesn't babble that lame 'porn speak'. It might not be, but it comes off as natural reactions.
As for her outside of work, I find her very interesting. She is very young, and talk like a self-absorbed college student at time. But, EVERYONE does that, usually while insulting others for it.
She puts herself out there to be insulted, and I think that's brave. I never fault actors for putting out a 'working persona' when giving interviews, because lets' face it, most people are asses who like to insult others. (Just look at the comments here.) And, they have to get interviewed by some real tools at times. Sasha seems to just lay it out there. I hope she's able to keep it up. It's hard to be genuine in a world full of critics.
All comments south of 4/20/10 are Sasha Grey herself, battling the negative comments. Just like her lovelysashagrey.com website. pretentious yet edgy....right.
4/20 is also Sasha Grey the talented "actress"
4/20 too
I believe Sasha Grey is a rather interesting creature. She is someone that is actually quite funny and smart...someone you might actually humorous with her clothes on. Doesn't hurt that she is carrying that nyphette fantasy for all those coots out there that like younger chicks. Girls that can make love to your intellect just seem interesting to me.
thisgirl is crazy one of the crazy ones that nature should have killed at birth apparently empowering women , university empowers woman not porn fuck off sasha we dont need your help, shes almost male and i do not mean to insult any good men out ther but ya know what i mean ewwwwwwwwwww is all i think when i think of her well ewwwwwwww and insane she needs to get some help insane arrogant dead person
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