Geena Davis

Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own) joins Dax Shepard to talk about growing up shy and tall in a strict New England home, reinventing herself as an exchange student in Sweden, and the unusual path from department-store mannequin to her first role in Tootsie. She reflects on winning an Oscar at 32, the transformative power of film roles, and how Susan Sarandon taught her to stop apologizing for existing on set. The conversation also covers her discovery of athleticism during A League of Their Own and how the precision of Olympic archery gave her relief from the subjectivity of Hollywood. Davis outlines her conviction that lasting cultural change begins when unconscious bias is made impossible to ignore.