I think I always had joie de vivre. But I had pretty bad self-esteem growing up and much of my adult life. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
People think of me in the same breath as Robert Redford and Robert De Niro. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life. — 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
After a couple of rehearsals and a couple of takes, Sydney Pollack says, "Come here. Why are you not nervous?" And I… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
When I started out, maybe because I did Thelma & Louise early on - but people were always asking, "Are things better… — 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
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 realized that in all the sectors of society where there's a huge gender disparity, the one place that can be fixed… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I meet Susan [Saradon], and she was amazing. We sit down to go through the script [Thelma & Louise]. I swear, I… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I had this aunt who had a career and traveled. She'd say things like, "When you go to college, I think we… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult,… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I once read a quote that I think was Michelle Pfeiffer in an article, who said that she thought people went into… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I had a pretty poor self-image for a long time. I broke into acting as a model in New York. I was… — 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
When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that.… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
An eye-opening moment in my life, a very defining moment, was the first time I met Susan Sarandon [before shooting Thelma &… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She… — 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
![“After a couple of rehearsals and a couple of takes, Sydney Pollack says, "Come here. Why are you not nervous?" And I [say], "Do you think it would be better if I was nervous?" And he says, "No, it's just I can't understand it - how you would be first time on a set, you're acting, when he flubs his…” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/052/geena-davis-2583_acting_after-a-couple-of-rehearsals-and-a-coupl_1825989.jpg)
![“I meet Susan [Saradon], and she was amazing. We sit down to go through the script [Thelma & Louise]. I swear, I think it was page one - she says, "So my first line, I don't think we need that line. Or we could put it on page two. Cut this ..." And I was just like ... My jaw was to the ground.” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/889/geena-davis-2583_cutting_i-meet-susan-saradon-and-she-was-amazing_2081446.jpg)
![“An eye-opening moment in my life, a very defining moment, was the first time I met Susan Sarandon [before shooting Thelma & Louise]. We were going to meet, just Ridley [Scott] and Susan and I, to go through the script and see if we had any thoughts or ideas. I was reading the script, and in the…” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/43e/geena-davis-2583_defining_an-eye-opening-moment-in-my-life-a-very_3188941.jpg)
![“I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She said she used to get letters from little boys saying, "Madam President, do you think it will ever be possible for a boy to be president?" Just like we assume that…” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cab/geena-davis-2583_assuming_i-met-the-former-president-of-iceland-j_2084823.jpg)
![“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 they grew up with. It's just been that way forever, so they don't see it.” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/934/geena-davis-2583_forever_that-s-the-really-frustrating-thing-but_195125.jpg)