Quote

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

Pam Grier

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Godzilla
Saws
Loved
Movie
Firsts
First

More quotes by Pam Grier

Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going to be an actress.
Pam Grier
Image
When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.
Pam Grier
Image
I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.
Pam Grier
Image
Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
Pam Grier
Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.
Pam Grier
Image
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.
Pam Grier
Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
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.
Pam Grier
Image
Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.
Pam Grier
Image
I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
Pam Grier
Image
My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
Pam Grier
Image
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
Image
I'm in film school, so I really have to sock away my money for school, tuition, and so on, and I really don't have time.
Pam Grier
Image
As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.
Pam Grier
Image
I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
Pam Grier
Image
I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
Pam Grier