I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The big takeaway I got from 'Thelma & Louise' was the reaction of women who had seen the movie being so profound,… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My scripts are always filled with notes. I like to just analyze everything from the point of view of the whole picture,… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I was once up for a part, and the male star was also producing the movie. They were talking about meeting with… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Even though I was 34 or 35 or something. I was like, “People can do that? Women can actually just say what… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I think if you're doing a play, you're rehearsing enough that you get to a point where it's freeing again. But in… — 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
I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I'm fussy. I probably could have done… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Identifying with a character is one of the best parts of seeing a movie, but as women, we've had to train ourselves… — 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
I had a deliberate plan to get into movies by becoming a model, so I went to New York and got a… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Nobody ever said, "Well if you want to be in movies, you should go to L.A." Everybody else was going to New… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I just love all the details about movies, and it's fun to be involved in everything. I just love it. It's just… — 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
