Pam Grier Quotes

Hits and flops will come and go. But what stays with you is the experience you had while shooting a film. I am happy learning something new each time.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

I'm getting good exposure because of the movies I'm picking and the people I'm working with.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.

I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.

Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.

One of the best things - and something I'm grateful for every time I walk onto a film set - is my six and a half years on Dawson's Creek and the experience it afforded me in how to get comfortable with the camera.

I am sure my association with a big brand like PUMA is really going to help me in the long run.

Working with Hrithik Roshan was amazing. I have learned so much from him.

I am getting better offers since directors feel that I am versatile and can be more than just a girl next door. I am also seriously trying not to be repetitive.

'Baby's Day Out' is maybe not a great movie, but... No, I've enjoyed and learned things from every project I've worked on. That was an important step in my career at ILM.

I just got an opportunity to do that with a film called 'Lootcase', and it's an opportunity that I am really grateful for.

To make a name for myself, I feel it's important to do that before I go anywhere else. Impact have given me the platform and the exposure to do that.

You can learn a lot of things from being in movies.

I know I haven't done it. I've done a couple of films, which were intended to go straight up. Thankfully they didn't. So now, I think that's what I need to do. I just need to grow as an actor.

When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.

Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.