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It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.

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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
Actor
Film Actress
Film Producer
Sacramento
California
Jessica Michelle Chastain
Ambitious
Prepared
Okay

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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'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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I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
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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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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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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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I can't even open my eyes underwater.
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It takes me a long time to make a big purchase...
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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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I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.
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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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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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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 take great responsibility in any character that I play.
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I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.
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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'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors.
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I like things where I can do a physical transformation, and I love accents and voices, and I'm never going to play the same character twice.
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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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