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I cut school to read Shakespeare and to learn about that because, for the first time, I felt like I really discovered a passion - the passion of my life.
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One of my favorite parts of being an actress is being a detective.
Jessica Chastain
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Green tea throughout the day is the healthiest thing I've discovered for me.
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We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.
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We have grown up watching women be used as props on a man's journey. It's not our fault that that's what we saw as children. But we need to acknowledge that and do better.
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I try not to fake anything.
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I don't know if there will ever be a day that I'm not wearing heels. I'm a very big personality, and I don't like to look up at other people.
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In our society, women are valued for their sexual attraction. I'd like to get away from the sex symbol idea of what beauty is. Actually, that's probably the farthest thing from beauty, because it's makeup and hair, it's pouty lips - it's not real.
Jessica Chastain
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I'm very much a hippie from Northern California.
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Being a woman has always been a powerful thing, where history has sometimes dictated otherwise, but I believe that a woman can be compassionate, sensitive, soft, kind.
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I'm a shadow whisperer: I hide in the shadows. And I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed and end up with my picture in the press.
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I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.
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There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.
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I understood the importance of doing an Aaron Sorkin film. He's a political filmmaker.
Jessica Chastain
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I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.
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I struggled for so long to try to create a career.
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I've actually been given a great gift. When I walk into an audition with a director, I'm carrying no baggage. They haven't seen me in anything, even though I've done nine films.
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I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.
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I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.
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This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day.
Jessica Chastain
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I started a production company - all female led, actually - called Freckle Films.
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I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
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There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of men who take terrible care of themselves - they drink too much, or they eat too much. We need to allow women to age.
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I just want to see more women in film and behind the camera. I'm tired of seeing movies from one perspective.
Jessica Chastain