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I don't think i can break down any doors, but i'm thinking, "maybe i can be a cameraman, because i love the cameras." and the cameraman would show me how to thread the film, how to repair it, the lenses. that's when you become, like, goony goo-goo about it. you breathe and eat camera, and all of a sudden, you don't want anything else in the world. you finally know, "this is my calling." when you're passionate about something, it doesn't become work. it's art and it's fun. it's arduous, it's sweaty.
-Pam Grier
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I Don't Think I Can Break Down

Pam Grier
I don't think i can break down any doors, but i'm thinking, "maybe i can be a cameraman, because i love the cameras." and the cameraman would show me how to thread the film, how to repair it, the lenses. that's when you become, like, goony goo-goo about it. you breathe and eat camera, and all of a sudden, you don't want anything else in the world. you finally know, "this is my calling." when you're passionate about something, it doesn't become work. it's art and it's fun. it's arduous, it's sweaty.
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