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When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.

Pam Grier

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
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Aikidoka
Film Actor
Karateka
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.
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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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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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Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
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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.
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Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.
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I like to do all kinds of films.
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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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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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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 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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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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You never know how people are going to respond.
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If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.
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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.
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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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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.
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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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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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