Quote

I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and at the same time, how can we possibly be showing boys this narrow vision of what women are and what they can be.

Geena Davis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Geena Davis
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 21
Actor
Actress
Archer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Wareham
Massachusetts
Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth Davis
Things
Girls
Time
Boys
Aspire
Century
Narrow
Vision
Showing
Girl
Justify
Women
Possibly
Firsts
Twenty
First
Twenties

More quotes by Geena Davis

Image
If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce.
Geena Davis
Image
I was tall from minute one. Always the tallest kid by a large margin. And my fantasy was to take up less space in the world.
Geena Davis
Image
Are you stupid or did you just take lessons?
Geena Davis
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 sport at all, no matter how hard they tried to convince me to be on the girls' basketball team as the tallest kid in class.
Geena Davis
Image
I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters.
Geena Davis
Image
Obviously, movies don't almost ever shoot in sequence.
Geena Davis
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 parts for women.
Geena Davis
Image
Because I had some roles that resonated with women, I immediately noticed that there were far more male characters than female characters in what we're showing little kids in the 21st century, which was stunning to me. But I couldn't find anybody else who noticed.
Geena Davis
Image
I just passed on some a script that I was sent, because I said, I haven't yet played the person staying home, the one that says, 'Good luck, honey,' or whatever. And so that's what I look for. Therefore, by virtue of that exclusion, I'm always trying to find roles that are challenging.
Geena Davis
Image
For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only get out of the factories, but get out of the movies. That's when women's roles started to really [change].
Geena Davis
Image
Even though I was 34 or 35 or something. I was like, “People can do that? Women can actually just say what they think?” It was an extraordinary experience to do that movie with her because every day was a lesson in how to just be yourself.
Geena Davis
Image
I had told my agents that I never wanted to do an hour-long TV show. I said, I'm not that stupid. Because it's the worst lifestyle in Hollywood.
Geena Davis
Image
I was lucky enough to be in some movies where I had powerful characters or I got to be the president on TV for a little while. Very short administration.
Geena Davis
Image
All I wanted, to be petite and attractive. I was afraid I'd never stop growing.
Geena Davis
Image
The thing I noticed, have learned the most about directors, is: when they're very confident in themselves, they're open to creativity from other people. If they're scared or nervous, then they shut off and nobody's ideas [count].
Geena Davis
Image
My whole theory about why I couldn’t find any creators who realized they were leaving out female characters is because they were raised on the same ratio. I just heard someone the other day call it either ‘smurfing’ a movie, which is when there’s one female character, or ‘minioning’ a movie, which is when there’s no female characters.
Geena Davis
Image
I'm so not a party person. I'm so not social and don't go to parties.
Geena Davis
Image
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
Image
I'm such a wuss. But I know that The Exorcist [1973] is one of the best and most famous of [horor movies].
Geena Davis
Image
Instead of trying to manufacture feelings, use the way you already feel. Or at least add that in.
Geena Davis