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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.
Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
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Sacramento
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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 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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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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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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When you're on a Terrence Malick film, it's like you're part of a family.
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Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
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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 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 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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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'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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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 always say I am a realist, and my mom says, No, you just have anxiety.
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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 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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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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I can't even open my eyes underwater.
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I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.
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I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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