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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.

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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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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You never know how people are going to respond.
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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 felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
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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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You can get hurt at any time.
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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.
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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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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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When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of things you just don't have that city girls have. Or the country girl who goes to movies and dreams of going to Hollywood as an actress.
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Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.
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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 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 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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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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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 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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If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.
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