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Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.
Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 24
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Film Actress
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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 think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film 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 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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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 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 take great responsibility in any character that I play.
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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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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 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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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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I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.
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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 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 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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Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.
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Every time an actress is celebrated for her great work, I cheer. For the more brilliant their performance, the more the audience demands stories about women... And as we all know: a great year for women in film, is just a great year for film.
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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.
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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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