Pam Grier Quotes

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.

I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.

I've been telling people 'I'm going to go to California, and I'm going to be a big star' since the womb, but lately it was immediately followed by, 'Would you like soup or salad with that?'

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

I hadn't grown up thinking that I have to be this big actress in Bollywood.

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

I would be daft to say I wouldn't like to try Hollywood. But my main dream is to keep working. Keep loving what I am doing.

When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I got a demo reel together and headed out west.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.

I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.

I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I've got no anti-America or anti-Hollywood kick, it's just that I never wanted to go and kick my heels around L.A. for six months hoping something would happen.

I knew I wanted to play 'Dr Cox' really bad, which is always a huge mistake because as soon as you want something really bad, maybe you rip up a little bit.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that.

But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes.