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I am an actress first, a singer second.

Grace Jones

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.
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That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it's like you're opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don't know who's going to come in that door.
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I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should.
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'
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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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I've lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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We're not perfect we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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I don't like people who hide things.
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You can't expect your children to be perfect.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure.
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My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
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I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.
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When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
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