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I do like the process of producing. Later in my career, like when I had the TV show, I was a producer and I've been on a few things.

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Geena Davis
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 21
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A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.
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Having a very complicated life, or a lot of problems, or a lot of flaws, is always great to play.
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The whole point of why I'm doing this is to show all kids, boys and girls, that women take up half the space and do half of the interesting things in the world and have half of the dreams and ambitions. Our slogan is, If they see it, they can be it.
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My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult, you don't see it. We think it's normal.
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It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, Stay here, not at the target. Don't be down there. It's why they call it the Zen art.
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Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.
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