I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want … - Geena Davis

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Geena Davis

I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want to try any sports. And the girls' basketball team was constantly like, "Please, please just come play. "

Basketball, Constantly, Girl, Girls, Sports, Team

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I just passed on some a script that I was sent, because I said, "I haven't yet played the person staying home, the one that says, 'Good luck, honey,' or whatever. " And so that's what I look for. Therefore, by virtue of that exclusion, I'm always trying to find roles that are challenging.

Always Trying, Good, Good Luck, Home, Honey, Luck

I always want a challenge. My whole career has been based on trying to avoid female characters that don't get to do anything. And it's really hard to avoid those.

Based, Careers, Challenges, Character, Characters, Female

I wanted to take up a sport the real way and see if I actually had athletic ability. And then I happened to see it was during the Atlanta Olympics. And there was a lot of coverage of archery because the U. S. men's team won all the medals. And I thought, "Wow, that's beautiful. And it's so dramatic, a beautiful sport. And I wonder if I would be good at it?"

Ability, Beautiful, Real, Sports, Team

I got cast playing the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. I don't know how to play any sport, including baseball, but I trained really hard. They had these great coaches, and they started saying, "Wow, you have some like really untapped athletic ability. "

Ability, Baseball, Cast, Like, Player, Sports

Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else.

Fix, Kids, Moving, Watch, Watches

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