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Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.

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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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Lead
Office
Audience
Character
Audiences
Women
Perform
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Boxes
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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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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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No matter what, I'm going to ask for more.
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I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to 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 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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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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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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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'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.
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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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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 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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Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
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It takes me a long time to make a big purchase...
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Someone doesn't think immediately, I want to be a lobbyist.
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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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I didn't understand how much senators and members of the House are not able to represent the people because they're too busy fundraising to maintain their seat in office. I hope we as a country start looking at how we can change that.
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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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