It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.
Geena DavisI don't really bust anybody publicly. It's much more efficient if I can impact the creators. So that's what we do. It's had a great impact.
Geena DavisWhen I was a model, actually, for a little while, my friend that I worked with a lot, she had horrible self-esteem too. We decided that the exact moment when we actually thought we were attractive, we wouldn't be anymore. We would just, like, miss it.
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 DavisAfter a couple of rehearsals and a couple of takes, Sydney Pollack says, "Come here. Why are you not nervous?" And I [say], "Do you think it would be better if I was nervous?" And he says, "No, it's just I can't understand it - how you would be first time on a set, you're acting, when he flubs his line you make up a new line. It's very interesting." It's not that I think I'm great; that's what I knew I wanted to do.
Geena Davis