Quotes from Pam Grier

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.

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.

It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.

My passion is to tell stories that reflect humanity.

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

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

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

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

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.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.

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.

As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.

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

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

I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

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.

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

I love the hip-hop nation.

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.

You can get hurt at any time.

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.

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.