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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.
Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
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Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
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If you don't fully take every moment and love every moment and every person that you're with, your life will be over before you realise.
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I'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors.
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We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.
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Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.
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I'm the unknown everyone's already sick of.
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It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.
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