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 More Quotes by Pam Grier More Quotes From Pam Grier I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and we're only given 70 percent of our counterparts' salaries, then we shouldn't have to pay but 70 percent of our college tuition. Maybe that'll stop the bullshit. Pam Grier bullshit college believe Let's start working towards wellness, a healing in our community, a healing in relationships, so male and female can finally sit down and understand that that young boy or young girl saw behavior exhibited by their parents that was negative and abusive and they're going to pass it on. Pam Grier girl healing boys The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it. Pam Grier godzilla saws firsts Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people in one minute, and they don't call it "white exploitation." They win awards and get into all the magazines. But if black people do it, suddenly it's different than if a white person does it. People respond differently because people come from different places. Pam Grier awards white winning I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life. Pam Grier heart children thinking 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 emphasis grew-up appearance 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 african-american black dark When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person. Pam Grier crafts actors tools I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today. Pam Grier actors want today I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances. Pam Grier poverty circumstances As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life. Pam Grier enjoy-life enjoy I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup. Pam Grier eyelashes makeup When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of things you just don't have that city girls have. Or the country girl who goes to movies and dreams of going to Hollywood as an actress. Pam Grier girl dream country 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. Pam Grier tuition film school I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not. Pam Grier actresses want thinking 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 to be an actress. Pam Grier actresses trying thinking I don't think I can break down any doors, but I'm thinking, "Maybe I can be a cameraman, because I love the cameras." And the cameraman would show me how to thread the film, how to repair it, the lenses. That's when you become, like, goony goo-goo about it. You breathe and eat camera, and all of a sudden, you don't want anything else in the world. You finally know, "This is my calling." When you're passionate about something, it doesn't become work. It's art and it's fun. It's arduous, it's sweaty. Pam Grier fun art thinking I think people will have great conversations about religions, women's sexuality, gender issues and gay issues. Pam Grier issues gay thinking At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in an industry where women hadn't been allowed or invited. That's all I wanted to do, not thinking that I would make waves, change minds, excite people, incite people, turn on people, repulse people. Pam Grier ambition doors thinking Coming from the '50s, things were very violent. Pam Grier violent
