A biography for Geena Davishasn’t been written yet.
“Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood.”
“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”
“What I didn't realize until much later, in hindsight, was I had subconsciously been choosing projects where the woman was in charge of her own destiny.”
“I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.”
“It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.”
“The motto of my institute has always been, 'If they can see it, they can be it.' And it's literally true. If we show something on-screen, it will change what happens in real life.”
“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!'”