Jessica Chastain Quotes
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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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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 think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.
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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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I try not to fake anything.
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We need to understand that femininity is not weakness. And our society, for some reason, equates the two.
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The great thing about modern feminism is that women can define what it means to them: it can mean being ambitious, it can mean being emotional, it can mean being sensitive and compassionate and also a leader. It can mean all those things.
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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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I just don't think of myself as a movie star - I'm an actress.
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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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Green tea throughout the day is the healthiest thing I've discovered for me.
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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 have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
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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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Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.
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I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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There have been situations where I have lost movies because I've said, 'This is not a fair deal,' and I've walked away.
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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.
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Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.
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One of my favorite parts of being an actress is being a detective.
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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 struggled for so long to try to create a career.
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I'm very much a hippie from Northern California.
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My grandmother was my inspiration. She was the person who took me to the theater and encouraged me to act, and she's the one who always believed in me.