I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Kids need to see entertainment where females are valued as much as males. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
So many female characters are the girlfriend of the person having the adventure. I want to play baseball, I don't want to… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The ratio of male to female characters in movies has been exactly the same since 1946. So if you've ever had people… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Because I had some roles that resonated with women, I immediately noticed that there were far more male characters than female characters… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We have it in our heads that women only need to take up a certain amount of space and then we've done… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The creators of kids' media had no idea they were leaving out that many female characters. They were in utter shock that… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My daughter was a toddler. I had no idea there was anything wrong with kids' media.I started watching little preschool shows with… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The fictitious worlds created for kids are nearly bereft of female presence. It's sending a very clear message from the beginning that… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I'm the mother of two daughters, one of whom is going to get possessed. It's really spooky and great. I'm shooting it… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
This is really funny, but we did a study of the occupations of female characters on TV, and there are so many… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My whole theory about why I couldn’t find any creators who realized they were leaving out female characters is because they were… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Any movie you see, if Tom Cruise is in an action movie or whatever it is, The Avengers, there's going to be… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I would say any film can be called feminist that has female characters who have agency in their life, that are in… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Behind the cameras, there's a different problem, which I think is not unconscious gender bias. It's probably categorized more as conscious gender… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
All of Hollywood is run on one assumption: That women will watch stories about men, but men won't watch stories about women.… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I always want a challenge. My whole career has been based on trying to avoid female characters that don't get to do… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
It's partly because our culture so hyper-sexualizes females that if you don't measure up to whatever we're forced to think is the… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We need more female directors, we also need men to step up and identify with female characters and stories about women. We… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
In advertisements for your favorite products, are women denigrated or objectified in some way? All of that is important. I would rewrite my kids'… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Behind the cameras, there's a different problem, which I think is not unconscious gender bias. It's probably categorized more as conscious gender bias. Because… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I was so tall in high school that I was convinced that I was uncoordinated and not athletic. I was terrified to play any… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
That's the really frustrating thing, but also the fixable thing. My theory why no one notices is that that's the [women's roles] ratio thing… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
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