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But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
Actor
Actress
Aikidoka
Film Actor
Karateka
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. We were still being lynched. If I drove down through the South with my mother, I might not make it through one state without being bullied or harassed. I feel like unless you've been black for a week, you don't know.
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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.
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You can get hurt at any time.
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
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That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin It's by my character.
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At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in an industry where women hadn't been allowed or invited. That's all I wanted to do, not thinking that I would make waves, change minds, excite people, incite people, turn on people, repulse people.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.
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I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.
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I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
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My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.
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I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
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If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.
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I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.
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My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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Let's start working towards wellness, a healing in our community, a healing in relationships, so male and female can finally sit down and understand that that young boy or young girl saw behavior exhibited by their parents that was negative and abusive and they're going to pass it on.
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You never know how people are going to respond.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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