Geena Davis

“Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.”

“I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.”

“One thing I always want to clear up was the notion that I 'took time off to have a baby.' A lot people leapt to that conclusion because becoming a parent happened to coincide with film roles tapering off.”

“I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I'm fussy. I probably could have done more.”

“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.”

“I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.”

“There are woefully few women CEOs in the world, but there can be lots of them in films.”

“Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure.”

“Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.”

“Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.”

“Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.”

“I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at some point would say, 'So... would you consider this a feminist movie?' People are worried that it's a taboo thing, so I took great relish in saying, 'Yes, I would. Write that, yes.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.”

“We're showing kids a world that is very scantily populated with women and female characters. They should see female characters taking up half 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.”

“A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.”

“Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.”

“Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.”