Pam Grier Quotes

• 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.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Entertainment

• 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.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in African American, Black People

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Clothes

• I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Blessed

• I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Poverty, Circumstances

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Movie

• 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.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Country

  Tags in People

• I like to do all kinds of films.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Like, Film

• I don’t believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Believe

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Know

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Like, Serious

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Beauty, Family

  Tags in Grew

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Caring

• I love science fiction.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Science

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Love, Movies

  Tags in People

• I love the hip-hop nation.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Love

• Me, s*xy? I’m just plain ol’ beans and rice.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Plain

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Beautiful

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

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thought

• 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.

  Pam Grier

  Topics in Religion

  Tags in Bible

Pam Grier (35)

Birth:	26th May, 1949
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Pam Grier became famous in the early 1970s after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films like The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brown and Sheba Baby. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in Jackie Brown. Grier is also known for her work on television, for 6 seasons she portrayed Kate 'Kit' Porter on the television series The L Word.

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