Geena Davis Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.

Archers are pretty focused.

Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for.

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.

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.

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.

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!'

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

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.

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

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.

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

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.

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.

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

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.

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

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

This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like.

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.

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.

When I saw archery, which I had never really looked at before, I wondered if it needed some of the same skills as pistol shooting.

When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.

Trivia

Geena has appeared on the cover pages of the following magazines: TV Guide (USA) People (USA) FilmMagasinet (Norway) Empire (UK) GQ (USA) Vogue (USA) Cinema (Greece) Times (USA) Veronica (Netherlands) Premiere (UK)

Along with being an actress, Geena is also a producer and a writer.

Geena has great passion for music and is trained for playing piano, flute and drums.

Geena has appeared in TV commercials for TD Waterhouse, The Women's Sports Foundation, L'Oreal and DLJ Direct.

In 1984, Geena auditioned for a series regular on Saturday Night Live.

Geena gave birth to baby boys, Kian William and Kaiis Steven, in Los Angeles on May 6, 2004.

In the year 1999, Geena was considered for the lead role in the movie Runaway Bride.

Geena is 6 feet (1.83 metres) tall.

Geena won a 2006 Golden Globe award for the Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama for her role in Commander In Chief.

Geena Davis first played the Vice President in Commander In Chief before the president died of a heart-attack.

Geena won a Golden-globe for lead female in a drama for Commander In Chief.

Geena served as assistant organist for her church in her hometown in Massachusetts.

Geena had her own show called The Geena Davis Show and received $200,000 per episode.

Geena graduated from Wareham High school in 1974.

Geena's daughter was born on April 10, 2002.

Geena speaks Swedish.

Geena had a low self-esteem in high school because she was so tall.

Geena is a member of Mensa, the High-IQ society. Her IQ is reportedly 140.