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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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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.
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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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As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.
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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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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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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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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.
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I tell actresses, If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you are. It's a business, and sex sells.
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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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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.
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Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.
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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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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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You can get hurt at any time.
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.
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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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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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