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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.
Pam Grier
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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
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Karateka
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
Pam Grier
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 like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.
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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.
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My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
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Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.
Pam Grier
It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.
Pam Grier
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.
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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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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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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.
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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
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I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
Pam Grier
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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Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
Pam Grier
You can get hurt at any time.
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As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.
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Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.
Pam Grier
Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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