From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, the surprising tale of her “journey to badassery”—from her epically polite childhood to roles that loaned her the strength to become a powerhouse in Hollywood. After reading this memoir I'm planning on watching more of her movies...I'll probably give Thelma & Louise another try as well. The 61st Academy Awards | 1989". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved October 25, 2021.

Geena Davis – Premi David di Donatello"[Geena Davis – David di Donatello Awards] (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano . Retrieved October 25, 2021. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis taking a Polaroid of themselves in a scene from the film Thelma & Louise, 1991. Photograph: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images There are six categories of underrepresented groups that we now study including age and ethnicity, LGBTQ people, those with disabilities and people with different body types Academy Award Winner. Humanitarian campaigner. Mensa member. Star of Beetlejuice, The Accidental Tourist and Thelma and Louise.Rawson, Christopher (July 9, 1991). " 'Birdie gets a 'Burgher". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved January 12, 2022. National Board of Review Awards 1991 Winners". National Board of Review. Archived from the original on March 19, 2004 . Retrieved October 26, 2021. Past Winners". Women in Film Los Angeles. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015 . Retrieved October 26, 2021.

You were extremely visible in popular culture in the early half of the nineties, and then, starting in 1996­—the year you turned forty—for about a decade you were almost gone, except for the “Stuart Little” movies. Of course, we always hear about women in Hollywood turning forty and suddenly not getting roles, but I’d like to hear about what happened from your perspective. Do you turn forty, and the phone just stops ringing? Smith, Nigel (October 5, 2022). "Geena Davis Describes 'Magical' Romance with Jeff Goldblum". Peoplemag . Retrieved October 18, 2022. STAND THERE,” Murray shouted, pointing at a piece of tape on the asphalt. Then, still shouting: “ROLL IT!”

Well, my mom knew from early on that I was going to be extremely tall, and she was on me from the beginning to not slouch my shoulders. Before I even would have thought of slouching my shoulders, she was, like, “You have to stand up straight.” And so I would find ways to curve my hips out, which would maybe make me a little shorter, or perch on things. But I really wanted to be small. I’m definitely not interested in ever getting married. I mean, it would just be ridiculous. Or maybe I should really go for it, go for like eight marriages a b Olsen, Mark (August 9, 2013). "Lake Bell on the 'soapbox moment' in her 'In a World...' "– via LA Times.

I think about that, too. It really is mostly women. Like Anjelica Huston I think of sometimes. She’s a genius. Where is she in movies? Michelle Pfeiffer, too. She’s been in some good things [recently], but it’s always seemed just tragic to me. I have a theory about why it happens. I think many male screenwriters put a female character in if they need to—a girlfriend or a daughter or whatever—and then, when they’re casting all the other roles in their minds, the go-to is always male. And so the really cool parts for people in their forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, whatever, always go to men. It’s not fair, because they get to soldier on and have ever-younger co-stars. I always say, “Go through and figure out who could be female, or who could be a person of color, and change the first name.” I said at one point to my agent, “Can we find out what Liam Neeson is turning down and go for those parts?” the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media "examines intersectional onscreen representation of six identities: gender, race, LGBTQIA+, disability, age 50+, and body type.” As you got into the nineteen-eighties, you were doing movies such as “The Fly” and “Beetlejuice.” You write in the book, “I wasn’t conventionally pretty enough to be cast as eye candy, and I didn’t want to be just the girlfriend of the guy who goes off to do something cool, I wanted to have cool challenges, too.” I’d love to hear more about how you chose roles. Arts and Media/Movies/Big Box Office Loss". November 27, 2005. Archived from the original on November 27, 2005.Beyond acting, Davis has flourished in other areas, as a proponent of feminism and outspoken voice during the #MeToo movement, even founding an institute focused on fostering gender parity in media.