“What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.” Quote by Carol Burnett
“Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.” RunningTruth IsHollywoodPressureNflLongevityScreenwritersRunning Back Author:David Benioff
“I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.” BelieveWantedFilmActorsGoalStudentsDirectorsTheaterPhysical BeautyCinematographersFilm Students Author:Pam Grier
“My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.” IfsSelfWantedMotherWinningIssuesChildhoodTraumaIf I CouldPageantBeauty Pageant Author:Pam Grier
“I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.” FeltAbuseMagnet Author:Pam Grier
“I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.” HateGenerationsBehaviorAccessAbusiveCounseling Author:Pam Grier
“When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.” PersonsActorsToolsCrafts Author: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.” IfsThinkingPersonsSoulCharacterAbleActorsFoundComfortAnxietyPortrayingStutteringPlaying SomeoneAnxiety Attacks Author:Pam Grier
“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.” YoungGirlParentCommunityHealingBoysSawsBehaviorNegativeFemaleDown AndMalesWellnessOur CommunityAbusive 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.” PartyDaughterBasesDinnerMy DaughterHanging OutTrue 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.” GivingArtAmericaArtistDealsStudyFiguresKeysWho We AreIntertwinedBloodline Author:Wynton Marsalis