Pam Grier

I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.

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

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.

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

It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.