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
I told my parents when I was three that I wanted to be in movies. I don't know what I saw at… — Geena Davis Jobs 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
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 Acting 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… — Geena Davis Athletic 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 Element of surprise Copy Share Image
I wanted to take up a sport the real way and see if I actually had athletic ability. And then I happened… — Geena Davis Ability Copy Share Image
I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters. — Geena Davis Character 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
Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else. — Geena Davis Children 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 Details Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be in some movies where I had powerful characters or I got to be the president on… — Geena Davis Administration Copy Share Image
Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for. — Geena Davis Aptitude Copy Share Image
Everything I do, I want to take it to the farthest possible degree. I can't just do something the plain way. I… — Geena Davis Bowls 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 Adults 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 Careers Copy Share Image
We are in effect enculturating kids from the very beginning to see women and girls as not taking up half of the… — Geena Davis Children 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 Becoming Copy Share Image
The only movies I saw till I was 17 were made by Disney. My parents had this thing. Disney was like, you… — Geena Davis Car Copy Share Image
[My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don't know if they have that in England,… — Geena Davis Aunt 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 Ifs 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 Assuming Copy Share Image
I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want to try any sports.… — Geena Davis Basketball 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 Acting Copy Share Image
I had one date in high school - that was it, and he didn't ask me out again, because I was taller… — Geena Davis Awkward Copy Share Image
I just passed on some a script that I was sent, because I said, "I haven't yet played the person staying home,… — Geena Davis Always trying 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
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
How do we encourage a lot more girls to pursue science, technology, and engineering careers? By casting droves of women in STEM… — Geena Davis Casting Copy Share Image
Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood. — Geena Davis Hollywood Copy Share Image
One thing is a fairly simple and straightforward thing. I don't long to direct. I really want to get some good parts. — Geena Davis Direct 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
It's okay if it takes two or three years for something really good to come along, but I don't want to wait… — Geena Davis Ifs 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
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 Aunt 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
When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that.… — Geena Davis Great Copy Share Image
I got cast playing the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. I don't know how to play any sport, including baseball, but… — Geena Davis Ability Copy Share Image
![“[My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don't know if they have that in England, but you eat a dinner while you watch a play. And she ordered a glass of wine. I was like, "Oh my God. This is, like, the most sophisticated thing I have ever done."” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bd/geena-davis-2583_aunt_my-aunt-took-me-to-my-first-play-too-whi_3042814.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)
