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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
Film Producer
Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
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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 love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn.
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Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.
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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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Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.
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It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.
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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 think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry.
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It's easier to do an action scene than a love scene. I love fighting. When the camera's not rolling, I'll usually punch some of the actors, just for fun.
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Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.
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I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker down and be warm, but it's also very feminine.
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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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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'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.
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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 don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.
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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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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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Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.
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People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.
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