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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

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
Rice
Plain
Sexy
Beans

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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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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 love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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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.
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As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.
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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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My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
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You never know how people are going to respond.
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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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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'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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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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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.
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You can get hurt at any time.
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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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Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.
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The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
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