Pam Grier Quotes

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me, and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

I've been fortunate that I can be selective enough to do acting when it's really furthering what I want to do with my life.

After I do a big movie I get offered big movies. But I always do the weirdest indie.

'New Girl' is how I make my living, and if I'm going to do a movie, it's because I really, artistically, want to do it.

I think great writers should write great shows, and I have trouble with, like, what you are in life shouldn't automatically make you what you do in your art. It doesn't necessarily translate.

For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

I don't want to create any particular kind of image; I just want to do different types of films.

After I got back my career and my artistic freedom in 1982, my golden rule is the music must never suffer.

I don't want to do material that I don't like. I've always stuck to that policy. If that means being out of work for awhile, that's fine with me.

I will continue to do films that excite me.

I do care about success and all of those things. But I don't care enough to do movies just for that reason.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.

As an actor, I have always believed that content is the king, and I have always put my neck on the line to choose cinema that is off the beaten track.

I have no preconceived ideas; I gave that up a long time ago… The only thing we can do as musicians is make an album we like, and an album that we consider to be incredibly good.

I think people should just make art and let the art speak for itself.

I'm trying to make a big statement - that I'm not just a hook singer.

I should be satisfied first as an actor with my work. I will not do something because everyone is doing it.

If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I think, means ultimately primarily pleasing yourself, and in that respect, you constantly have this sense of confronting the expectations of your audience.

When I met Ram Charan, he told me not to worry about how much my films make. After 'Magadheera,' people began expecting big things from him. So he did films to keep up to that expectation. He advised me to not fall into that trap.

I'm not someone who has to make a film at any cost. I have to find the right way to make it or not at all.

In a lot of ways, I wouldn't be an artist in another time. I need to exist in a time where high and low art mix easily.

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist.

I've been an actor for 30 years. I'm not going to run from a great theater production to do two days on an HBO series or something.

To be honest, we never, ever let business weigh down the creativity of this band.