Geena Davis
About this episode
Geena Davis discusses her journey from a shy child to an Academy Award-winning actress and advocate, sharing insights on Hollywood, personal transformation, and cultural change.
Geena Davis (The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) is an Academy Award-winning actor and advocate. Geena joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up shy and tall in a strict New England household, reinventing herself as an exchange student in Sweden, and going from posing as a department-store mannequin to landing her first role in Tootsie. Geena and Dax talk about winning an Oscar at 32, how Susan Sarandon taught her to stop apologizing for existing on set, and discovering her athleticism while filming A League of Their Own. Geena explains how roles can transform who you are, why the precision of Olympic archery offered relief from the subjectivity of Hollywood, and why lasting cultural change begins with making unconscious bias impossible to ignore. Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Dax Shepard
Guest: Geena Davis
Topics covered
- acting
- personal growth
- Hollywood
- advocacy
- athleticism
- cultural change
Keywords
- Geena Davis
- Dax Shepard
- Academy Award
- Hollywood
- advocacy
- athleticism
- unconscious bias
- Oscar
- Thelma & Louise
- A League of Their Own
Sponsors
Allstate
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Boroughs, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, Tootsie
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