Pam Grier Quotes

You're molded by the period you were brought up in.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.

I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I look so great compared to my characters!

My mom was an aesthetician and she went to beauty school back in the '60s. I just remember watching her do her makeup all the time. She always had her nails done, makeup on - her face was ready to go when she went out. I loved it.

I was reared in an atmosphere where a great deal of attention was paid to women's hairdressing.

Because it's not only that a child is inseparable from the family in which he lives, but that the lives of families are determined by the community in which they live and the cultural tradition from which they come.

It's always good to be around nice-looking people.

Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.

When I'm wearing makeup, I choose between doing my eyes or mouth because I don't want to look like a beauty pageant child.

Growing up around people with the same culture as me made me a lot tougher.

We're all products of our own environment.

Men in makeup, obviously, is a very new concept. It has not been widely accepted in the past.

By no means am I excusing homophobic rap lyrics, but as a product of the same environments that birthed hip-hop, I fully understand why those lyrics existed.

Makeup and clothing and all that should be a fun way to be creative and express yourself. Just like in nature, where birds have all the colors. But instead, it's all focused on the aesthetics of being attractive to men. Even if you really don't think it is that, that's what we're doing.

I'm from San Jose, CA, which is very diverse, and I grew up around a lot of different types of people.

I was raised in a black household and grew up with black homies.

For some people, makeup is their war paint; that's putting their best foot forward. Others feel better with no makeup. It's so personal - who are we to judge?

All this is expected from girls only - wear makeup and look beautiful. My guy friends don't always have to do their hair and makeup.

I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.

In Miss India, so much was about how you looked.

A lot of things come down to your roots and how you're brought up.

I always say men's facial hair is kind of like women's makeup. We know how to contour our face real nice and give ourselves nice angles and make our nose look not quite as crooked as it is.