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~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for.
~ Geena Davis Quote
I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
It's a fascinating story to see him get in ... The fox is in the hen house.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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 half of the potential talent pool.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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!".
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
If you risk nothing, then you risk everything
~ Geena Davis Quote
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.
~ Geena Davis Quote
Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.
~ Geena Davis Quote