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

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That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

rights yellow character

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

race struggle winning

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice. by Pam Grier

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

beans rice sexy

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

film serious kind

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.

entertainment waiting art

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

generations hate behavior

Sometimes I'm angry, sometimes I'm not angry. by Pam Grier

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

angry sometimes

Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the glob... by Pam Grier

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

inspire culture people

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

feminist grandfather men

There are just certain realities about our world and I just happe... by Pam Grier

There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.

creativity our-world reality

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 the experience, and to show my brains and talent and help break stereotypes. It wasn't like, "Oh, I'll become a star. I'm beautiful." I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or 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.

stress girl beautiful

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 big-budget icon with a $20 million salary. You'll have Julia Roberts, you'll have Robert Redford, you'll have Russell Crowe doing those films, because if they're going to cost $90 million, they're going to make that movie for a public that's very large and mainstream. They're not going to make it for three or four million black people.

yes-you-can icons art

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

worth-fighting-for fighting

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the wor... by Pam Grier

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

artist should believe

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly... by Pam Grier

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.

magnet abuse felt

I tell young actresses today who are looking to get into films, "First of all, you are marginalized by the color of your skin." 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 are." It's a business, and sex sells. Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell. 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 big-budget icon with a $20 million salary.

skins special art

My passion is to tell stories that reflect humanity. by Pam Grier

My passion is to tell stories that reflect humanity.

passion humanity stories

Some day I want to play a grandmother. And a foxy one at that! by Pam Grier

Some day I want to play a grandmother. And a foxy one at that!

grandmother goal play

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't. by Pam Grier

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

stills beautiful

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

white-man may men