Geena Davis is an A list in any book. Her films have won oscars, (Thelma And Louise), globes, (A league of their own), and made her a house name. But she shared some advice she’s had since she first broke into acting.
Geena’s first film was opposite Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. Geena says Dustin told her that when she comes up against Hollywood big shots hitting on her to just say “Well, you’re very attractive. I would love to, but it would ruin the sexual tension between us.”
Genna filed it away until just after the movie came out, she said her modeling agent took her and “a couple of other actor-slash-models to Hollywood to meet casting directors.”
Her agent knew Jack Nicolson and he began having dinner with her and her peers every night.
One night when she got home a note was left for her telling her to call Jack and his telephone number.
She called the number and said: “So I said, ‘Hello, Mr. Nicholson. This is Geena. You called me?’ He said, ‘Hey, Geena. When is it gonna happen?’” she claimed.
“I was like, ‘Oh, no — why didn’t I realize this is what it was going to be about?’” she told the New Yorker. “But it immediately came into my head what to say: ‘Uh, Jack, I would love to. You’re very attractive. But I have a feeling we’re going to work together at some point in the future, and I would hate to have ruined the sexual tension between us.’”
“He was like, ‘Oh, man, where’d you get that?’” the actress recalled. “So it worked.”
Lol. Always appeal to the ego and you’ll never go wrong.