Jessica Chastain Quotes
I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'
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Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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I always work on my abs, every single day. As Miss Universe, exercising your abdominal muscles is mandatory!
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I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
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I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix.
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There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
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Teamwork is a strategic decision.
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I try to steer away from doing something that's just commercial instead of sticking to a good script.
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It's dangerous to be anybody popular.
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You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.
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A president, like a college freshman, can't know in advance which questions he'll have to answer or what topics he'll have to master. He has to be flexible, supple, and responsive. He has to be comfortable with multiple-choice.
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Sometimes there are no good choices.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe.
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I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability. I don't know why. I know I can play these roles, but they're certainly not the only roles I can play.
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If you worry about making bogeys, it makes the game that much more difficult. You put more pressure on yourself without even noticing it. It makes a difference to take it easy when things aren't going right.
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I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.
