Pam Grier Thinks Richard Pryor and Trevor Noah Would Have Been Best Friends

2. My Dogs I got one from Dr. Jeff at Rocky Mountain Vet, a puppy-mill Yorkie that had never walked in seven years — she was just bred. There are these myths: “Oh, don’t adopt a puppy mill dog. They have problems, mental and breeding and physical.” And it could be. But she was jumping over the jumps with the rest of the dogs and horses. She just fit in. I know people who swear by their dogs, that they save their lives every day, and it’s true. They keep me calm. They bring my blood pressure down.
3. Trevor Noah I’ve always wanted to be interviewed by him because he’ll go right to my career — right to the brown-nipple movement that I brought to the screen, the confidence of African American women bringing their intelligence bonded with sexuality. He might say, “You’re from Wyoming. Were there any Black people up there?” “Well yeah, there’s a few.” I gave Richard Pryor some of that information when he was co-writing “Blazing Saddles” with Mel Brooks. You know, if Richard had met Trevor, they would be best friends. That’s the level of his intellect, his humor, his politics.
4. Organic Gardening You’ve got to do that. Ed Begley Jr. will put you to shame. When you go to his house, he’s going to cook. It’s going to be like that first-picked carrot from your garden — it melts in your mouth. He’s got an organic green thumb. But most people do because of the pandemic and growing their own clean food.
5. Pottery I’m going to set up a studio, because I started taking pottery lessons to learn how to throw clay and work the kilns. There was a place near Santa Clarita, where I was shooting “Bless This Mess,” and I would go to make gifts. I started making platters and bowls for friends, and they cherish them. Of course, they’re not using them. They don’t want to break them because Pam made it and signed it.
6. My Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Yes, I’m building a Harley. I want it to be Ferrari red, a pretty low rider in a great color. I used to ride motorbikes up into the mountains from Denver to Evergreen with a group of kids. We could rent them for $50 a day, with a driver’s permit. That was always a thrill for me. When I’m on a film, they ground me. So as soon as I finish, I will work on my skills.
7. Conversion Garages There’s a huge lower-income population, probably over 100 million, that have cars with internal combustion engines — the hoopties, as we call them in the hood — and you can convert them to electric vehicles from $3,000 to $5,000 in certain garages. There are 12 across the country. We need to cool off the air above the United States, and 100 million people cannot afford expensive cars. But now they can afford to convert what they have.