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I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

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

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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.

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

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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.

Geena Davis

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

Geena Davis

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.

Geena Davis

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.

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

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Archers are pretty focused.

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

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

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

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I never intended to become a data head. I could never have predicted it would play such an important role in my life. Yet here we are: My Institute on Gender in Media has sponsored the largest amount of research ever done on gender depictions in media, covering a 20-year-plus span.

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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!'

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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.

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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.

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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.

Geena Davis

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

Geena Davis

I am completely obsessed with numbers and data. I have become a scientist in later life.

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

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

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How do we encourage a lot more girls to pursue science, technology, and engineering careers? By casting droves of women in STEM jobs today in movies and on TV.

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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.

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If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.

Geena Davis

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

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You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women.

Geena Davis

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?'

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

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When I was first starting out was also when I first started really paying attention to the Oscars and stuff like that. And I remember thinking, 'Wow, everything is great for women in Hollywood, because Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Sally Field - they're all doing incredible work.'

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

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