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I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
Actor
Film Actress
Film Producer
Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
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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 absolutely made the decision that that cannot be the reason why I'm doing a film or a job. For me, it's always about the script and whether I'm doing something that I've never done before.
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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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I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.
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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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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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No matter what, I'm going to ask for more.
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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 can't even open my eyes underwater.
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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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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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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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I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.
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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 tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.
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I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, No, you just have anxiety.
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When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.
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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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