Pam Grier quotes

Pam Grier is an American actress, widely regarded as a pioneering figure in 1970s blaxploitation films. Her powerful performances in movies like "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown" made her an icon of strong female leads in Hollywood. She has continued acting in film and television, inspiring new generations of performers. Here are 36 of her quotes:

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. (Pam Grier)
I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback. View quote
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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. View quote
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Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice. View quote
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I love the hip-hop nation. View quote
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I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films. View quote
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Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are. View quote
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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it. View quote
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I like to do all kinds of films. View quote
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions. View quote
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I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances. (Pam Grier)
My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation. View quote
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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist. View quote
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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. View quote
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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going. View quote
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue. View quote
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people. View quote
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There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it. (Pam Grier)
I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week. View quote
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Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won. View quote
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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. View quote
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But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s. View quote
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Pam Grier

Pam Grier - Image
Photo: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actress
Born: May 26, 1949
Quotes count: 36