Women were victims. Their husbands could beat them up when they wanted to. They couldn't work. They could be maimed and killed… — 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 wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor.… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in… — 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 Image
It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it. — 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 with a… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
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 Image
Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
