Jessica Chastain Quotes
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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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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'm either thought of as ethereal or fiery. And maybe that's the interesting thing about red hair: there's that fiery Renaissance connotation and the ethereal.
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I find it very interesting: when 90 percent of the critics that review films are men, how is that helpful when trying to create stories from a feminine point of view?
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I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'
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I'm the first person in my family to go to college.
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I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don't think they represent real life.
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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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I actually chose to do 'X-Men' because I'm working with Simon Kinberg, who's also a first-time filmmaker who I met on 'The Martian' and is an incredible writer and producer.
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I'm really inspired by stories I didn't know about.
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If I get a role, it's because I fought for it.
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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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I can’t say ANYTHING. Everyone knows pretty much who I’m playing.
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There I was at 'The Tree of Life' premiere, holding hands with Sean Penn and Brad Pitt. That walk down the red carpet was a real rite of passage for me. Suddenly, journalists began asking, 'Who's this actress?'
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If I'm in Italy, I'll have an espresso, but I try not to get my energy from things like that.
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I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.
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I don't want people to look at me.
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My goal is that a girl will watch 'The Martian' or 'Interstellar' and think, 'I want to be an astronaut or a quantum physicist.' It's important to show powerful women who are good at their jobs because young girls need those examples.
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I talked to congressmen who really hate having to go to the many fundraisers, but they see it as a necessary part of their job.
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I'm such a geek.