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Pam Grier

(1949) Film Actor United States

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Pam Grier is a film actor from the United States, best known for Foxy.

Quick Facts About Pam Grier

Born: May 26, 1949
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Foxy
Known for: Jackie Brown, Foxy Brown

About Pam Grier

Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. She achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation and women-in-prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award and a Saturn Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Time Machine Award

Quotes by Pam Grier · Page 3

Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the globe.

Culture

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I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

Actresses

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I was a child of the women's movement. Everything I had learned was from my mother and my grandmother, who both had…

Children

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Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people…

Arnold schwarzenegger

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Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

Action

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

Awe

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Anything involving the camera, you're passionate about. Because there's no movies without it.

Cameras

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I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

Am

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Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know…

Cinema

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I'm in film school, so I really have to sock away my money for school, tuition, and so on, and I really…

Film

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Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.

Democrat

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I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a…

Form

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Sometimes I'm angry, sometimes I'm not angry.

Anger

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Let's start working towards wellness, a healing in our community, a healing in relationships, so male and female can finally sit down…

Abusive

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I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going…

Actresses

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Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.

Violent

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

Enjoy

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

Can do

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If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.

Arrogant

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I love the hip-hop nation.

Hip hop

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

Character

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My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped…

Beauty

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At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in…

Ambition

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I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today.

Actors

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I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.

Believe

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