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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.
Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
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Film Actress
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Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
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Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.
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An actress friend of mine shared a great trick. She told me to stick my tongue behind my teeth when I smile to keep from over-smiling. If you smile without doing it, sometimes your gums show a little too much. It's an actor's trick!
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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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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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Someone doesn't think immediately, I want to be a lobbyist.
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I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.
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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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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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Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.
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When you're on a Terrence Malick film, it's like you're part of a family.
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I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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I find that the monsters are usually the people that I have the most empathy for because they're the ones that are hurt the most. There's a reason why they're the monsters.
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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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Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.
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I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.
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I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.
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