Geena Davis Quotes

When I stepped into the Lifetime role in 2010, I did a listening tour of what was going on for women in this country. There was such a parallel in Hollywood with women talking about how there are stories that are not getting made and that talented young women are not getting the opportunity to direct and write.

I love playing video games, but I'm regularly disappointed in the limited and limiting ways women are represented.

What's so dumb is that women are 50 per cent of the population, and they want to spend money to see movies where they're portrayed as three-dimensional characters.

I guess the more women are present and out there in life, the more their stories will be told. I don't know. Their stories have always been told on Lifetime.

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

I didn't think I was a humorless shrew in 'Knocked Up.' I think the women are just as funny as the men are in that movie.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

I do fairly represent Middle Eastern women.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.

There are so few representations of women that look remotely real in scripted television.

There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want to see more of us on TV!'.

Playing a woman in the tech world never crossed my mind as a thing until people started bringing it up all time. People act like it's unicorns speaking English all of a sudden.

Women are half the population of the world, and yet there are so few female characters on-screen.

I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.

You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?'

If we don't start representing women properly on screen now, we're never going to change our opinion of them as a society.

I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit.

I can't wait for the day when it is no longer newsworthy that a woman is appointed editor of a newspaper.

I don't think women are that vastly different from men. I'm a bit of a woman myself. But I'm not a feminist filmmaker. I'm not making a feminist thesis to prove that women are important. I just happen to make films with strong characters that are women.

I think it's really important that women are represented in the media, and diverse women as well.

Women are underrepresented and neglected in all aspects of the entertainment industry, so naturally, those of us who want to make a change use any opportunity to shine a light on someone when we can.

Actresses have always been in a position of power.

I really feel like the proper representation of women, in TV and film, is really important and vital.

Women are so appallingly represented in movies.