Best quotes by Geena Davis on Women

Checkout quotes by Geena Davis on Women

• ‟ You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women.

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'

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• ‟ Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood.

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• ‟ The big takeaway I got from 'Thelma & Louise' was the reaction of women who had seen the movie being so profound, so different. It was overwhelming, and it made me realise how few opportunities we give women to feel excited and empowered by female characters, to come out of a movie pumped.

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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