Jessica Chastain Quotes
I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.
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I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.
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You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.
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One reason of Andy Griffith Show popularity is because of the formula. It had comedy, but it also had tender moments. The other reason is because it was therapeutic. It helped people relax and unwind.
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Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.
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I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
