Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

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Sarandon and Davis are still good friends today. “Susan was a revelation to me,” she explains. “Because up until then I hadn’t met a woman or hung out with a woman who was very comfortable in her skin, who said what she thought with great ease. And was just clear-headed and not apologetic for existing, which I was sort of doing up until then. It was my goal to become more like her... she knew what she wanted to say and she would say it and people didn’t freak out, they were still very comfortable around her.” In 2011, Davis became one of a handful of celebrities attached to USAID and Ad Council's FWD campaign, an awareness initiative tied to that year's East Africa drought. She joined Uma Thurman, Chanel Iman and Josh Hartnett in television and internet ads to "forward the facts" about the crisis. [78] Athletics [ edit ] Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". Fangoria. February 7, 2017. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017 . Retrieved October 25, 2021. Fortunately, it was a scene where I didn’t have any lines, because I couldn’t have gotten them out anyway. I was shaking all over, dying from shame. We did two or three or four takes, I can’t remember, and at some point, he nudged me with his elbow and said, all innocent and butter-wouldn’t-melt-y, ‘ What’s with you, you good?’” a b Olsen, Mark (August 9, 2013). "Lake Bell on the 'soapbox moment' in her 'In a World...' "– via LA Times.

Mothers Over the Age of 40: PEOPLE". People magazine. April 19, 2002. Archived from the original on March 30, 2011 . Retrieved August 21, 2011. Yes, I got the part. And it turned out that the Thumper was the reason. I later learned it was a test—to find out if I was going to be easy to work with; be compliant. I had just won the Oscar and Murray thought I might have gotten a swelled head from that.” VanHoose, Benjamin. "Geena Davis and Ex Reza Jarrahy Finalize Divorce, Agree to Change 17-Year-Old Twins' Last Names". Peoplemag. Dotdash Meredith Publishing . Retrieved February 4, 2023. This is the anecdotal most featured (in the week prior of the memoir‘s release) on Info-tainment Top Stories or wherever she might be publicizing it. What isn't mentioned, rather, omitted... Exactly. If I thought I wasn’t being paid attention to, I could be very extroverted, like on my paper route. There was a section of it where there weren’t houses on either side, and when I hit that patch I would start to sing at the top of my lungs. And then the people in the next section would come out of their houses and peek down the hill and say, “What is taking so long? My papers should be here by now!”—and see me down there just bellowing songs. It was very embarrassing when I knew they knew.Bodyguard to the stars': the man helping Jeff Bezos fight the Enquirer". TheGuardian.com. February 12, 2019. Oscars: Read Brad Pitt's Acceptance Speech for Best Supporting Actor". The Hollywood Reporter. February 9, 2020. Film in 1992 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved October 25, 2021.

You have a handful of projects coming up including the Zoë Kravitz vehicle Pussy Island . Can you share any details about your role in it? 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. As the star of some of Hollywood’s most memorable cinematic masterpieces, Geena Davis has remained unforgettable. Whether she was playing tough-as-nails softball star Dottie in A League of Their Own, emotionally abused housewife turned outlaw Thelma in the iconic buddy-comedy road trip film Thelma & Louise, or eccentric dog trainer Muriel in The Accidental Tourist, she is a scene-stealer beloved for her unconventional appeal.

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Following a long period of intermittent work, Davis often ventured into television acting, and through her organization, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, saw her career expand during the 2010s. In 2012, she starred as a psychiatrist in the miniseries Coma, based on the 1977 novel Coma by Robin Cook and the subsequent 1978 film. She played a powerful female movie executive in the critically acclaimed comedy In a World... (2013), the directorial debut of Lake Bell. [40] Bell found her only dialogue to be her favorite in the film and called it her "soapbox moment". [40]

Yes, actually. Those are all Disney movies, by the way, and they’re doing a great job. We did a study in 2019 of family-rated films and found that, unlike when we started, in 2004, lead characters were fifty-fifty male and female. And then the next year, 2020, we looked at kids’ TV shows, and we’ve also reached parity in the lead characters on those. The latest is that we’ve reached parity in all the characters. So things actually really changed. I adore this woman. She has such a lovely cadence to her voice and a certain rhythm in how she told each story that was super fun. She managed to tell some dark tidbits of her life without ever darkening the tone of the book which I realized is not easy for a lot of people to accomplish in their memoirs. It was such a window into my journey,” she says. “I think it wasn’t really about him, it was more about me. I had just won an Oscar and even then I felt like I couldn’t defend myself or stand up for myself.” On the day her book was published, other allegations emerged concerning Murray’s inappropriate behaviour towards a woman on the set of another movie. “So it’s not news to anybody,” she says. Her combination of humour and self-deprecation is immediately appealing” - The Observer, BOOK OF THE DAYShe’s been instrumental herself in changing the industry. It’s 18 years since she set up the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gathering data on female representation on TV and in film. She became a mother in her late 40s to first a daughter and then twin boys. “I wanted to be more evolved before I had children,” she explains. It was while watching TV with her toddler daughter that she began to realise there was a serious issue with the shows they were watching which featured far more male characters than female ones. No, I was still completely wimpy out of character. But I changed a lot during that movie. And Susan and I became really good friends, which we still are. It just gave me an insight into a whole new way to live. And, of course, at one point in the movie I take on the leader role, when we run out of money and I hold up a liquor store. We’re reversing roles, because I need to take charge to help her out. It was fabulous.