Jessica Chastain Quotes
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I'm going to do anything I can to be there and support any organization that empowers and creates opportunities for women.
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I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes.
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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.
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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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It takes me a long time to make a big purchase.
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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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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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I started a production company - all female led, actually - called Freckle Films.
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When 'Tree of Life' went to Cannes, all the interviewers were asking me about my favorite actors and actresses because I was new to the industry, and they wanted to get to know me.
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I was a dramatic kid. I remember, I was very young, and once I knew what I wanted to do I, like, created a theater company, and I would direct, and we would sell lemonade to buy props.
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I'm inspired by antiques. I look at things that have a wink to the past but are also reinterpreted in some way and made to feel modern... and maybe that's what I am.
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Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.
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I don’t want to torture anything. … it’s about trying to live a life where I’m not contributing to the cruelty in the world. … While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.
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Gian Luca and I have been together for such a long time, we're in it for the long haul.
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The reason we like acting is connecting to other people.
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You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.
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I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.
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My whole life, I wanted to be an actor. Perhaps the seed was planted when I saw Sigourney Weaver in 'Alien', wiping the floor with the men on the ship.
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Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
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I grew up poor.
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I went to public school, and I didn't do well in school. And it wasn't until, actually, I got into school at Juilliard - it was the first time in my life that I thought, 'Oh, maybe I'm not stupid,' because I was so inspired and passionate about what I was learning, and it was the first time in my life I had felt that.
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If you want me in your film, do a favored-nation clause. Don't determine my worth based on what's left over.
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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.
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If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.