Reading to kids and becoming a cross-over star: Sasha Grey is probably one of the most successful, well known, and yes, respected porn actors around at this point, simply because she speaks her mind, is open about her sexuality, and manages to get roles in notable projects like Entourage and The Girlfriend Experience. In her porn career, Grey did some incredibly hardcore scenes, getting right deep down into areas of bondage, humiliation, and rough sex beyond where many "mainstream" porn stars were willing to go. And frankly, she seemed to enjoy them, which is great - we all want to see the old "doing porn because there's no other option" stereotype die. She's made news several times over the years, but the most amusing was the furor her appearance at a kid's reading program caused among the "general public" (whoever they are, given most of them watch porn). Grey appeared with a class of third graders and read to them. Of course, the kids didn't know of her porn career, and were likely only told of her "real" acting credits, and did it matter? She was a nice lady reading a book to them. Though parties involved initially denied it, photos surfaced of her reading to the kids, and she even confirmed it on Twitter, stating "Spent the am with Read Across America Compton, reading to the sweetest 1st and 3rd grade students @ Emerson Elementary." Read Across America attempted to deny any link to the actress, showing that America is still in the dark ages when it comes to sex, while Grey came out looking a lot more intelligent than most of her critics, replying that "I believe education is a universal right. I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their own opinions about what I have done, who I am and what I represent.