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I like to do all kinds of films.

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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I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and not having anxiety attacks when I was portraying another soul, another being, and I found comfort in that. I think many actors do, playing someone other than themselves.
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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.
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I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a white man.
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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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But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.
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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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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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Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
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My family was very, very receptive to all all races, religions.
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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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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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Out of necessity comes genius.
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.
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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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You never know how people are going to respond.
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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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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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