Quotes By Pam Grier

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.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

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.

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.

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.

Well who's black and what is a black person?

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

I love science fiction.

I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.

But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.

I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.

This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.

There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.

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.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

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.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

I love the hip-hop nation.

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.

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.