My whole theory about why I couldnโt find any creators who realized they were leaving out female characters is because they were raised on the same ratio. I just heard someone the other day call it either โsmurfingโ a movie, which is when thereโs one female character, or โminioningโ a movie, which is when thereโs no female characters.
Geena DavisEven though I was 34 or 35 or something. I was like, โPeople can do that? Women can actually just say what they think?โ It was an extraordinary experience to do that movie with her because every day was a lesson in how to just be yourself.
Geena DavisI was so tall in high school that I was convinced that I was uncoordinated and not athletic. I was terrified to play any sport at all, no matter how hard they tried to convince me to be on the girls' basketball team as the tallest kid in class.
Geena Davis