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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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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 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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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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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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Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
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I don't really drink, and I've never been to a rave. I used to cut school to read Shakespeare, not to make out in the park.
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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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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've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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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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To a female superhero her sexiness is not the most important thing about her, it's her mind, her spirit, and when I look at that character that to me is an example of characters that I like to play and I think it does a great thing for women.
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I'm the unknown everyone's already sick of.
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No matter what, I'm going to ask for more.
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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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I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
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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 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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I'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors.
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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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I think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry.
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