Sasha Lane

I'll do anything that sparks me. Sometimes I'll want to do something random with ballet, and then I'll want to be a hippie caterpillar in an animation film. Who knows what will come my way, but I'm going to try and put little hints into the universe, and hopefully they'll float on by.

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'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 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 have such love to the point of obsessions of people and their minds, and I'm constantly trying to find the beauty in things, and I think people are such unique and complex creatures.

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.

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

I'm a really uncomfortable person, so the whole Hollywood lifestyle - attention on me, the cameras, people telling me how to live my life, talking about me in a public way - none of that is appealing to me. Acting is amazing. But everything that comes with it is such a turnoff.

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

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

I always thought it'd be cool to portray these certain things, make people feel a certain way. I was kind of fascinated with that, but I wasn't the type to do acting school or theater. I didn't have the best views of Hollywood, so it wasn't something that I was going to try and pursue.

To walk away and be proud of something that you created and something that is going to be out there, I think that's amazing.

I've been told I stand out, but usually it's like, 'Sasha, you kind of look crazy,' or 'What are you doing?'

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

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

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 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.

You can't just constantly judge a situation or a person because of what you're used to or how they look. They might turn out to be this sweet man who asks you what your dreams are. You know?

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

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 believe that the universe works how it's supposed to work.

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

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

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.