Quotes from Geena Davis

One thing I always want to clear up was the notion that I 'took time off to have a baby.' A lot people leapt to that conclusion because becoming a parent happened to coincide with film roles tapering off.

Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure.

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.

As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.

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

Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else.

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.

It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.

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.

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

I had one date in high school - that was it, and he didn't ask me out again, because I was taller than everybody. I was very gangly and awkward, and I wore weird clothes that I made.

It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that's sort of what we're showing. And you can dream.

If I go to hotels, they always say, 'Welcome back', even when I've never been there before.

I was once up for a part, and the male star was also producing the movie. They were talking about meeting with him or having an audition with him, and then we get the message, 'He wants to have dinner with you.' I said, 'Is that the audition, or is it that he just wants to have dinner with me?'

Disney has proved without a shadow of a doubt that movies with a female lead work.

I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.

Dressing up used to be more of a thing. My dad wore a suit always. Now you think, why bother?

I had very, very bad self-esteem - that I was a fake, everybody was going to find out, that I didn't deserve to have success, just about my looks and really, really bad self-esteem.

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

Archers are pretty focused.

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.

I was averaging about one movie a year my whole career, and that was because I'm fussy. I probably could have done more.

The motto of my institute has always been, 'If they can see it, they can be it.' And it's literally true. If we show something on-screen, it will change what happens in real life.

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.