Home / Quotes / Quote by Pam Grier

Quote by Pam Grier

“I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and not having anxiety attacks when I was portraying another soul, another being, and I found comfort in that. I think many actors do, playing someone other than themselves.”

Quote by Pam Grier

Author

Pam Grier, born on May 26, 1949, is an American actress known for her roles in action films from the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in 'Foxy Brown' and 'The Bionic Woman'. Grier is celebrated for her unique style and powerful performances, which have had a profound impact on the portrayal of women in films. more

You May Also Like

“Let's start working towards wellness, a healing in our community, a healing in relationships, so male and female can finally sit down and understand that that young boy or young girl saw behavior exhibited by their parents that was negative and abusive and they're going to pass it on.”

Young Girl Parent Community Healing Boys Saws Behavior Negative Female Down And Males Wellness Our Community Abusive

Author:Pam Grier

“A true friend to me is someone that comes over for dinner, and hangs out with my daughter, someone I party with on a regular basis.”

Party Daughter Bases Dinner My Daughter Hanging Out True Friend

Author:Gilbert Melendez

“When you study our greatest artists, you will find that they give us a key to understand how to deal with each other, and that our bloodlines are intertwined. It's not hyphenated America. That there is an America, and it is expressed in those arts. It gives us a key to figure out how to negotiate with each other, and it tells us actually who we are.”

Giving Art America Artist Deals Study Figures Keys Who We Are Intertwined Bloodline

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about two characters, and I studied so much of music, I would always go back to the original documents, and as much as I can get original chants and slave chants and different type of beats and rhythms and ring shout.”

I Can Two Different Character Remember Pieces Blood Fields Type Beats Originals Slavery Slave Rings Rhythm Documents Remember When

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with the Anglo American hymns, the Afro American hymns, the spirituals and how it developed, up to Thomas Dorsey and the Dixie Hummingbirds, going through the history of the music, jazz musicians.”

Whole Church Musician Mass Jazz Jazz Music Hymns Jazz Musician Afros Hummingbirds Gospel Music Dixie Church Music

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.”

Trying Mean American Music

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“I'll write down and catalogue all the different devices that are Americana to me, and I try to have a historic depth and breadth and also the things that we do in our time, the type of vamps and chants, things that are available to us.”

Writing Trying Different Type Down And Depth Available Our Time Devices Historic Breadth Catalogues Americana Vamp

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“Even if nobody's singing, just when you talk, you're singing. I'll meet somebody and say, "Oh, I'm tone-deaf." I say, "You're not tone-deaf, because if you were tone-deaf you would speak like that. But you're 'Oh, I'm tone-deaf.' You already sang a song to me."”

Ifs Song Speak Singing Tone Deaf

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“We learn a language through its song, and even if you don't have music you have the song of people you love's voice, and you'll notice that song in their voice.”

People Ifs Song Language Voice

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.”

People Knows Play Song Consciousness Yeah Streams Tunes Nobody Knows Stream Of Consciousness

Author:Wynton Marsalis