Geena Davis

“I didn't want to be an actor. I was a very shy, nerdy kid.”

“The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life.”

“Feminism is to want for all people, female and male, the same opportunities.”

“Thelma and Louise really struck a nerve with women. It was a moment in the culture when women were feeling that they wanted to push back.”

“Hollywood is still a man's world... It's not a world that's been welcoming to women.”

“There are still so few female characters that are empowering. We're not telling the stories of women's lives.”

“If we show it, they will come.”

“Let's make a deal: No more one-dimensional female characters. Let's have characters who are complex and interesting and something other than just the object of the hero's desire.”

“If you can see it, you can be it.”

“We're teaching children that boys are more important than girls.”

“My institute's research has shown that the more TV a girl watches, the more she feels her options are limited.”

“What we see in the media has a tremendous impact on our real lives.”