Meg Ryan, Nia Vardalos and Kimberly Williams-Paisley joined Davis for the spirited event, which took place at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark.
Vardalos, whose new comedy “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” screened at Bentonville, encountered similar experiences while starting out in Hollywood.
Working together on “Tootsie,” Dustin Hoffman gave Geena Davis wise career advice that she has followed ever since.
Then I got to Hollywood and I was like, naively, ‘Where’s my pilot?’” she said.