My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
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… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. We were still being lynched. If I drove down through the South with my… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I ask you, how would you like your mom, your wife, your daughter to spend $100,000 to go to Harvard or some… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
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… — Pam Grier Copy Share
It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers. — Pam Grier Copy Share
Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done with a… — Pam Grier Copy Share
You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom. — Pam Grier Copy Share
I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist. — Pam Grier Copy Share
I never went in thinking, "You're an African-American woman, so you're never going to win." I was just in career doing beauty pageants for… — Pam Grier Copy Share
Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won. — Pam Grier Copy Share
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative. — Pam Grier Copy Share
Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you… — Pam Grier Copy Share
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… — Pam Grier Copy Share
