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" 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
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Beauty
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" I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people. "
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" Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going. "
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" The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it. "
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" I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl. "
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" Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them. "
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" 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. "
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" I am really blessed and very grateful for it. "
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" I love science fiction. "
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" I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films. "
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" I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback. "
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" My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions. "
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" There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it. "
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" You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom. "
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" 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. "
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