The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Geena Davis
- If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.
- Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.
- How do we encourage a lot more girls to pursue science, technology, and engineering careers? By casting droves of women in STEM jobs today in movies and on TV.
- The big takeaway I got from ‘Thelma & Louise’ was the reaction of women who had seen the movie being so profound, so different. It was overwhelming, and it made me realise how few opportunities we give women to feel excited and empowered by female characters, to come out of a movie pumped.
- My parents are both from Vermont, very old-fashioned New England. We heated our house with wood my father chopped. My mom grew all of our food. We were very underexposed to everything.
- It’s really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet – which we do.
- I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance.
- Identifying with a character is one of the best parts of seeing a movie, but as women, we’ve had to train ourselves to experience the male journey.
- It’s a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what’s right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that’s sort of what we’re showing. And you can dream.
- 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.
Geena Davis is an acclaimed American actress, producer, and advocate, best known for her roles in iconic films of the 1980s and 1990s. Born on January 21, 1956, in Wareham, Massachusetts, she studied drama at Boston University before moving to Hollywood.
Davis first gained attention in Tootsie (1982) and went on to star in The Fly (1986) and Beetlejuice (1988). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist (1988) and achieved global fame with her empowering performance in Thelma & Louise (1991).
Beyond acting, Davis is a passionate advocate for gender equality in media. She founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which promotes balanced representation of women and girls on screen. Her work has earned her numerous honors, including a Golden Globe Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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