Jessica Chastain Quotes
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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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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 have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
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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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Gian Luca and I have been together for such a long time, we're in it for the long haul.
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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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Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.
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I look at all the ingredients of a film and say, 'Is this a positive thing that I'm putting into the world? Is there honor and respect in the way the story is being told about them? And would they approve of that?'
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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 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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The reason we like acting is connecting to other people.
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I started a production company - all female led, actually - called Freckle Films.
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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 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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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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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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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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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've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.
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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 don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach.
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I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
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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.