Jessica Chastain Quotes

I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.

It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they get to speak to another female character in a movie, and when they do it's usually about a guy, not anything else. So they're very male-centric, Hollywood films, in general. So I think it's incredible that Ned Benson, when I said I'd love to know where she goes, says okay, I'm going to write another film from the female perspective.

I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.

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.

I'm the unknown everyone's already sick of.

Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.

I don't mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the film. Sometimes the characters are just there as a prop to further the man's story. The great directors I've talked to, I've said listen, I don't mind playing a woman that is a tiny part, but how does the story affect her? What can I play in the end that's different from the beginning? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense, because it's just like being a prop.

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.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

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.

I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach.

Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.

I feel like the bigger risks that I take, the more I learn. I know that I learn more from my failures than successes.

I try not to fake anything.

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.

I'm very shy, I feel very awkward.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

And to stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I'm an optimist. And I can't help but feel hopeful about the future of film, especially looking at all these beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' And I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

It takes me a long time to make a big purchase.

I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.

I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.

I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.

If you don't fully take every moment and love every moment and every person that you're with, your life will be over before you realise.

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.

I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?'

I'm the kind of person [who] when I'm doing a play, and even when I'm working, I don't do anything else. When I'm working, I just work.

I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.

I'm the first person in my family to go to college.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.

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.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

When you're on a Terrence Malick film, it's like you're part of a family.

I'm such a geek.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

If someone does something bad to you, you do something worse to them so they never mess with you again.

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.

The most important thing in my life, and the thing I try to focus on, is to try not to live a life of cruelty. That means trying to make sure I look people in the eye when I meet them. Sometimes you jump in a taxi, or maybe you only have two minutes with someone, and you never see them again. I try to always look them in the eye and have a real experience of what it is to communicate with someone ... I guess 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.