In the film, you play an escort with a boyfriend, and in
real life, you're engaged. Is that a tricky dynamic to be in a long-term
relationship when you're having sex with other people for money?I'd say the first three months were the hardest because, and you can ask my fiancée this as well, it was less about having sex with other people and more about spending time with multiple people, if that makes any sense. It's like, I'm not going to get home at five o'clock, we're not going to eat dinner at six o'clock, because it's entertainment, so things can run over, or you get home early. So it was getting used to a very different way of living for both of us. Now it's very natural, and because we're both very
liberal people, the sex part comes easily and is not so difficult to deal with. In Chelsea, or Christine, and Chris' case, she's constantly coming face-to-face with emotional circumstances with her clients, whereas I go to an adult set, and I'm not there to pretend to be somebody's girlfriend. We all know why we're there, and it's very upfront and honest.Porn stars don't typically have career longevity. Do you have something like a five-year or ten-year plan that involves a different professional path?Yes, I just started my own production company called Grey Art, and I'll be shooting my directorial debut in the next two weeks. It'll come out in June, actually. It's called "The F&%k Junkie." I'm working on my web site, sashagrey.com -- I'll be performing and directing on there as well. I've been working towards directing in the adult industry for quite some time, and I've finally found the right way to do it. I'm also working on music, a sex philosophy book, a graphic novel, and I have an adult toy novelty line. I've never really limited myself to just one thing.It's suddenly common knowledge that Jean-Luc Godard is your favorite filmmaker, and you almost used Anna Karina as your nom de guerre. When did you start watching art and foreign films?When I was about 13, and then really heavily when I was 14 or 15. My most influential theater teacher, one of his things was telling the class, "Listen, you should be watching one film per week, minimum" to learn the craft of film, and to study other actors as well. I'd ask him for lists of different films to watch, and I would go home every week and try to watch one. Usually, I would watch two or three.
What hooked you on Godard?
It's Godard. You either get it or you don't, you know? [laughs] He is definitely one of those people, like a David Bowie, who has always challenged himself and the way things are done. He's constantly evolving, breaking rules, creating new ones, and breaking those rules. I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do. I really admire that.