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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

Pam Grier

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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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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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I tell actresses, If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you are. It's a business, and sex sells.
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I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.
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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.
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My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.
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I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.
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But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.
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As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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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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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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Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
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Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
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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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My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
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Women were victims. Their husbands could beat them up when they wanted to. They couldn't work. They could be maimed and killed by their husbands.
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