is essentially a staple of, or precursor to, productivity-workflow yield, on any film set; So much so, many Line Producers and Unit Production Managers will swagger how many setups or [script] pages they’ve hurdled prior 9:30am. 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. My goal was 40 but I kept moving the goal line by five; I'm going to stop because I can't take the pressure. Some of that self-belief evidently rubbed off; when the film roles dried up in her 40s, Davis took up archery and within a couple of years was ranked 29th in the US Olympic trials.

I found it a thought provoking and interesting point of view, because I have an overlap with Geena on the subject. I had never spent any time around a woman who moves through the world like that, where she feels very comfortable saying what she thinks, what she wants and also seeing that nobody’s reacting. What Davis cherishes most comes across as — throwaway anecdotal one might queue up for late-night talk show fodder (the kind frequently co-authored w publicists or by studio press agents), while promoting their latest blockbuster release. I’ve said this in other reviews but I don’t listen to celebrity memoirs because I care about your craft-tell me more stories about your donkey. This isn't exactly a memoir of Geena Davis's life, but more a personal examination of a woman who has always been too polite and had difficulty standing up for herself, examing her behavior and reactions to things in her life, how this affected it, and how she tried to change.

Because now, with no hesitation, if people find out they’re having a smaller salary than their male costar, they’ll talk about it publicly. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

There’s advice Dustin Hoffman gave you during the making of Tootsie for how to stave off sexual advances: To say, “Oh, I would love to—you’re very attractive—but I wouldn’t want to ruin the sexual tension between us. I even waited for a sign from my dad after he passed, I guess that makes me similar to her at least in that way.I’ve been collecting notes for at least 10 years about the things that I might want to mention in a book,” Davis tells Vanity Fair over Zoom from her couch in Los Angeles. One detail that was interesting to hear about was that you never let your parents know that you didn’t graduate college. She has erred on the side of jaunty and conversational rather than soul-baring in the book and her combination of humour and self-deprecation is immediately appealing (she includes a section of verbatim encounters with the public that would puncture any Hollywood ego).

For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. She's not only an actress, she's an archer( like Katniss Everdeen) and she runs an advocacy group that is dedicated to ensuring that television and movies have more positive images of girls and women. It took place in a hotel suite (which wouldn’t be allowed today, not after Me Too), and as soon as I walked in the door—before I could even meet the other people in the room—Bill Murray came up to me excitedly and said, “ Have you ever tried the Thumper?And unlike some celebrity tell-all memoirs, Davis is circumspect with assigning guilt or blame for the failure of relationships or projects. You talked about these childhood superstitions and phobias, but there was a specific situation that was very traumatic during your adolescence: being molested by a man on your paper route.