Q&A: Pam Grier

“I dated Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and I was converting to Islam, and yes, Islam is monolithic, however there are fundamentalists, moderates, conservatives, and the very free. Same way with the African-American community. They go to see Quentin Tarantino-Pam Grier, the fundamentals will think one thing, the liberals something else. But for them to get publicity for it, for me, it’s like, well… this is art. Gauguin. Too many brushstrokes. Okay, Picasso went through the Cubist period. Why Cubist? A woman! Her breasts are cubes. People thought it was hideous. It’s genius. And it’s art. And you know how art is. It’s subjective.”