Mo'ne Davis Quotes

Having a very complicated life, or a lot of problems, or a lot of flaws, is always great to play.

We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great parts for women.

My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool one, maybe even an important one. But where are all the rest?

I'm very competitive, I think.

The creators of kids' media had no idea they were leaving out that many female characters. They were in utter shock that the worlds they were creating were so bereft of female presences.

I don't really bust anybody publicly. It's much more efficient if I can impact the creators. So that's what we do. It's had a great impact.

I was tall from minute one. Always the tallest kid by a large margin. And my fantasy was to take up less space in the world.

My scripts are always filled with notes. I like to just analyze everything from the point of view of the whole picture, of the movie, my whole picture.

I watch very little television, actually. There's so many shows I want to watch and then I know I'll get hooked and I have to binge-watch the entire thing.

Ridiculously - fortunately - my first job was with Dustin Hoffman. I had a little part in this movie called Tootsie. And he taught me how to watch dailies. That it was very important.

On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point.

The second I finish shooting something, I know I could have done it better if we started right then.

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."

My thing in high school was being the tallest kid in class. Always. I was always the tallest kid in class.

I used to be very unathletic. I was always so gangly and self-conscious about my height. I had convinced myself I was uncoordinated. And as a result, I didn't want to try stuff.

All I wanted, to be petite and attractive. I was afraid I'd never stop growing.

I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century.

Obviously, movies don't almost ever shoot in sequence.

The only movies I saw till I was 17 were made by Disney. My parents had this thing. Disney was like, you know, "Ford is a good car. Disney makes good movies that are good for kids and safe."

I had told my agents that I never wanted to do an hour-long TV show. I said, "I'm not that stupid." Because it's the worst lifestyle in Hollywood.

Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture.

I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters.

I watched a lot of series. I didn't watch a lot of movies on TV. But I watched Gilligan's Island and Star Trek and all that stuff.

I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays that the school put on. But I knew I wanted to be in movies.

I love theater. Just, it never spoke to me.

I do have a very chill - I can watch all my movies. A lot of people don't like to watch their work. I watch everything. All the time.

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce.

The American people know that we cannot spend our way to prosperity.

I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

I was analyzing the guys' nonverbal communication.

I am calling on everyone in this state to put the chaos and the division of the recall behind us and do what's right for this great state of California.

I have not been briefed.

Aloneness, like life, becomes more interesting when you realize it's a present.

Collect treasures that have meaning only to you. Put them in a special place, and explain them to no one, except when you're giving interviews to Time magazine.

Cultivate night-blooming jasmine near your bedroom window, and dream of men you've always longed for.

Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

I travel all the time, and I have two small children.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.

It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.