Alexa Demie

“Running away from home as a teenager was a major revolt. I had to figure out where I was going to live and sleep, but I needed to do that to become who I am now. To stay was to be stifled.”

“I remember I would drive up to Mulholland Drive late at night, and I would just stand there and cry. And then I would get in the car and go back to the city. It's like you have those moments, but you just keep on going.”

“I grew up in a house that was literally flooded with fashion magazines. I remember being a little girl, sitting on the floor, going through all the magazines, and just sketching out, trying to copy the gowns that were in there and making them my own.”

“I've known since I was a little girl — I would always say I just want to have an empire. To have my designs and albums, and I want to direct and write films. I think I'm meant to do it all.”

“We show drugs, we show sex, we show violence. We show all of these things, but we really don't glorify it; we show a lot of the consequences.”

“I am very particular about the scripts I choose to do, because you are giving so much personal energy that you have to be careful.”