Geena Davis

Actress

1956-01-21

Geena Davis is an American actress known for Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, and The Accidental Tourist. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist.

Quotes by Geena Davis

I never intended to become a data head. I could never have predicted it would play such an important role in my life. Yet here we are: My Institute on Gender in Media has sponsored the largest amount of research ever done on gender depictions in media, covering a 20-year-plus span.
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So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.
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As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.
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Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.
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Dressing up used to be more of a thing. My dad wore a suit always. Now you think, why bother?
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This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like.
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
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