I liked the threads of her discovery of feminist and finding her voice but wish they had been explored further.

Now, with a slew of iconic roles and awards under her belt, she has surpassed her childhood dream, but her journey has been one of fits and starts, with a pothole or two along the way. Fortunately, it was a scene where I didn’t have any lines, because I couldn’t have gotten them out anyway. Considering Quick Change was Murray's first foray behind the camera, I'm almost certain he would've had this in mind -- A veteran of TV/film sets, He'd also be cognizant of how much one pissy actor can drag down everyone else (with them), should they feel wronged or neglected; As well as the importance of attending to, nurturing, or patronizing said actor's fickle needs is just one of many needless on-set duties a proficient director needs to be mindful of, lest they emulate McG (or Bill Murray) …hence Quick Change’s dual-directors credit. Audiobook, as narrated by the author: I mean, clearly Davis was going to read her own memoir…she’s fabulous. He finished, and the other person went away, and he turned around sort of self-satisfied and I said, “Man, I can’t wait for you to do that to me again, because now I know how I’ll react.

Full of humour with occasional spikes of anger and a sense of melancholy with her parents, I really enjoyed this perfectly realised and written memoir. View image in fullscreen Davis, top, with Susan Sarandon in 1991: ‘Susan has changed my life more than anyone I’ve ever known’. She's a model who got cast in a film, performed remarkably well, necessitating she never need transition back to the runaway. As the star of some of Hollywood’s most memorable cinematic masterpieces, Geena Davis has remained unforgettable.

Just a bit on Christopher McDonald, as well as director Scott, and then Brad Pitt's back and George Clooney's ego. I have no idea what movie I watched that initially launched this adoration, but I don't remember a time I ever didn't know who she was (although given my hyper-religious upbringing, I know for certain that isn't precisely the case). Davis was in her 40s when she had children; almost as if she finally had time for that when movie roles dried up. this memoir didn’t have all the depth and paradigm shifts of others i’ve read, but it really opened my eyes to parts of the acting world i’d never considered before. She made Susan Sarandon seem like a total badass and Geena was so effortlessly funny throughout the whole thing.

Davis' exploitative, PR-bait regarding her time with Murray, making his Quick Change (1990) is petty and self-serving for the sake of pandering to a particular demographic. 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?

You were often referred to in the industry as being “not conventionally pretty enough” or “too tall. It's not a celebrity tell-all and there aren't any major truth bombs dropped, and that might just be why I enjoyed it as much as I did and why I continue to look up to Davis as one very classy lady. I didn’t remember this, but somebody sent me a Première magazine cover…We look like we're having the most fun, and it's hard to remember what I thought while I was doing those things. I realized that I was very, very anxious about doing the right thing and getting perfect grades, and I started thinking to myself, in 10 years, you won’t remember that you got a B on a math test. Now, with a slew of iconic roles and awards under her belt, she has surpassed her childhood dream—but the path to finding yourself never did run smoothly.

Sorry but this is almost certainly inexperienced actor talent running afoul an inexperienced filmmaker producer's film set. Watch how Bill flirts with me and paws at me and even pulls down the strap of my dress… For that matter, notice how I giggle and go along with it, as if we’re great pals; as if the raging hadn’t happened, as if the way they’re both objectifying me is really fun.

More than a few of her personal anecdotes of lechery, objectification of women, and and utter disregard for women's voices are sad, but Davis frequently transforms them into learning opportunities and doesn't simply yell from her perch on a soapbox (even though she could). Davis' dedication to improving women's representation led her to become Founder and Chair of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Unlike some actor's memoirs, Davis mentions both parents throughout the book with genuine love, kindness and respect. I'm a massive fan Geena Davis as an actress and just as the kickass human being she is, so I came into this predisposed to love it. I found this long pole for hiking, and it would bounce if you put it on the ground, and I couldn’t move forward unless it was bouncing correctly.This, like another autobiography I recently read, was very easy to read, and I couldn't have asked for a better narrator. It’s not overly thought provoking, or ground breaking, but I quite enjoyed listening to Geena Davis tell her story. but deserving of only 3 stars because some sections felt like a chore and other sections were like hanging out with a deeply weird friend. Little, so that was an easy acknowledgment, though her true wit outshines what is often written for her in scripts.