I wish I knew who said it, but my favorite quote is, "If a person can do it, I can do it." — Geena Davis Can do Copy Share Image
I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready. — Geena Davis America Copy Share Image
Kids need to see entertainment where females are valued as much as males. — Geena Davis Children Copy Share Image
Having a very complicated life, or a lot of problems, or a lot of flaws, is always great to play. — Geena Davis Complicated Copy Share Image
My thing in high school was being the tallest kid in class. Always. I was always the tallest kid in class. — Geena Davis Class Copy Share Image
You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women. — Geena Davis Congress Copy Share Image
If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce. — Geena Davis Divorce Copy Share Image
Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else. — Geena Davis Children Copy Share Image
Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite… — Geena Davis Cop 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 Character 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 Characters Copy Share Image
I don't really bust anybody publicly. It's much more efficient if I can impact the creators. So that's what we do. It's… — Geena Davis Creator Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of series. I didn't watch a lot of movies on TV. But I watched Gilligan's Island and Star… — Geena Davis Islands 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 Citizens 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]… — Geena Davis Feminism 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 Culture 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 Big 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 Amount Copy Share Image
I would say how important it is that we stop teaching kids, from the beginning, that boys are more important than girls.… — Geena Davis 21st century 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 Assuming 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 Board members Copy Share Image
They called and said, "I know we're not supposed to even tell you, but you've been offered to play the President." And… — Geena Davis Knows 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 Being yourself Copy Share Image
There were so many women who had worked throughout the war in every possible job. They were told, "Now leave, so the… — Geena Davis He man 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 Action 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 Best friend 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 Bias Copy Share Image
The film festival is in a town in Arkansas, a quintessentially American town with a little town square. It's to champion women… — Geena Davis Arkansas 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 Defining Copy Share Image
I am completely obsessed with numbers and data. I have become a scientist in later life. — Geena Davis Become Copy Share Image
Instead of trying to manufacture feelings, use the way you already feel. Or at least add that in. — Geena Davis Add Copy Share Image
Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work. — Geena Davis Disney Copy Share Image
All I wanted, to be petite and attractive. I was afraid I'd never stop growing. — Geena Davis Attractive Copy Share Image
The most common occupation for women in G rated films is royalty - which is a great gig, if you can get… — Geena Davis Career Copy Share Image