How did your mother react when you started doing porn?
When I first started, she was so unhappy that I did porn. She would say sex work is the “lowest thing a person could do.” And I would always think: I think there’s some stuff that goes a bit lower than just porn. But eventually, she would come out to LA and meet my friends and be like: “Yeah, we’re just people. We’re just random girls that just do this for a living.” And that by the time I was probably 21, she really educated herself on the industry and learned a ton about it. She researched it more and learned about how she should be way more on my side.
What’s your relationship like with her today?
We’re so close and we talk every single day. When I was a teenager, in my late teens and early twenties, we had a lot of issues, but now that I’m almost 29, we have a really good relationship. But I just think that that’s the beauty of life is that your relationship with people can change and it can heal again and you can be good again. That’s what I love about getting older.
Your family must be really proud of you now that you’re on a huge HBO show?
My family’s so proud of me. This is kind of sad, but also very poetic in a way: the last thing that my grandfather ever said to me before he died was that he was so, so, so incredibly proud of me in the life that I lived.
Would you come back for a fourth season of Euphoria?
I’m being honest, it’d be pretty hard to say no to, because those are my people. We’ve known each other since 2019. It’s been seven years. We all know each other. We all like working together. We’re all on the same page. I love working for Sam Levinson so much. I know that a lot of people don’t, but I like him a lot. I would do it forever.
Why do you think some people don’t like working with Sam?
I think it’s because he is so specific about how everything needs to be. And there’s some people that I guess just don’t like how he’s so specific with how he imagines everything in the show. I just think that I’m a particular actor that just likes how Sam Levinson directs. I like the fact that on set he’ll randomly change his mind and be like: “Wait, no, let’s do this. This would be crazy. Actually, we have a new idea!” I like that. I like how he’s so sure of everything that the characters wear and say, but I guess some people I find that to be too much.
What are your ambitions for the future?
There are so many directors that I want to work for and so many directors that I want to work for again. I really want to work with Adam Sandler again. I really want to do all sorts of comedy stuff. I really want to work with so, so, so many amazing directors and I want to do so many things.