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Rosie O\u2019Donnell starred in A League of Their Own <\/em>alongside Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The 1992 film featured a sweet speech from Rosie’s character, Doris Murphy, on being a woman in a man’s world<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n O’Donnell reflected on her funny exchange with director Penny Marshall about the scene and what it means to her over 30 years later<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Rosie O\u2019Donnell<\/a> brought what was in her heart to her role in A League of Their Own<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n In Dec. 2025, O’Donnell appeared on the podcast We Can Do Hard Things <\/em>with Glennon Doyle. There, she remembered her experience filming the women’s baseball film and remembered director Penny Marshall<\/a> as a “woman’s sports freak” and “feminist.”<\/p>\n “I think she didn’t like to think of herself as a feminist.\u00a0She was older than me, and I don’t know that she wasn’t an ardent feminist like me.\u00a0She was kind of a closeted feminist in some ways.\u00a0She didn’t necessarily want to have the banner,\u00a0but she really supported women and women’s sports and women\u00a0athletes in a way [like] no one else that I had met,” she shared.<\/p>\n O’Donnell remembered Marshall as “very athletic,” stemming from her upbringing as the daughter of a dance instructor.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. <\/strong><\/p>\n