Geena Davis Quotes (41 Quotes)

It's important for what kids watch that, as far as possible, they see the real world reflected, to see men and women, boys and girls, sharing the space.

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.

I love to see those barriers broken. What I'm really hoping is that we can get break the barriers and then get past it to the point that its really not shocking news.

Work for Davis is playing America's first female president, who also is juggling three kids and an unwelcoming Congress, on the ABC drama (premiering Tuesday, 9 p.m. ETPT). I have been to several real Inaugural Balls, ... But President Clinton didn't have a cake shaped like the White House. That was my special idea.

Another time, it was the stars of the movie who spoiled the ending for me. I had missed a chance to see Thelma and Louise ... You know, Susan, maybe we should do a sequel to 'Thelma and Louise.'

It made perfect sense to me that I would play this part, ... I have always been interested in roles that are gonna be challenging for me - but also, characters that other women can identify with.

I finally understand what all the fuss is about now. It's just like a whole other ball game.

This is the chance to see, in all its aspects, what it is like to suddenly become president. You have a crisis in Nigeria and you have a 6-year-old. And you have twins in trouble in high school.

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

It's certainly the role with the most gravitas that I've had to play,

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

I loved that I went straight from being an incredibly deadly assassin in 'Long Kiss Goodnight' to the mother of a mouse, ... I just thought that was fabulous ... we all have everything within us, the ability to be a killer or the girlfriend of an insect.

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

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!'

You'll Like It If You're looking for a replacement for West Wing, ... I love you, go win the country.

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.

but I have to appreciate that actors have it a lot easier than other people who have to work these kinds of hours -- even the actual president.

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

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.

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.

When I saw archery, which I had never really looked at before, I wondered if it needed some of the same skills as pistol shooting.

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.

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

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.

People want you to satisfy every possible dream or expectation they would have for a woman president, ... We still live at a time when a female president is controversial - even though it seems so bizarre that we've made it to the 21st century excluding h

It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.

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

When my agents said I had been approached to play the president on this show, I said, So do I have to read it first or will you just say yes now' For Thelma to be the president is just delightful. It's certainly the role with the most gravitas that I've had to play. I love the way Mackenzie is in the world, how she deals with people, how straight she is and how intelligent and confident she is. It's a pleasure.

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

I didn't really base my characterization on anybody, ... I don't really work that way when I played a role. I find the parts of myself that the character has. I believe we all have everything within us, the ability to be a killer or the girlfriend of an insect. It was finding those parts of myself that I felt could serve the character of Mackenzie.

If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce.

We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents.

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.

When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

I competed in the high jump in high school, but I wasn't very good. My technique was to stand around looking intimidating because I was so tall.

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.

Archers are pretty focused.

ice water in my veins.

It's a fascinating story to see him get in ... The fox is in the hen house.

Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for.