For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn’t feel very modern, that I seemed from another time. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I’m inspired by antiques. I look at things that have a wink to the past but are also reinterpreted in some way and made to feel modern… and maybe that’s what I am. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
If you’re one of the only women on a set – if it’s you and a bunch of men – you feel like your value doesn’t come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you’re perceived by the men around you. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I started a production company – all female led, actually – called Freckle Films. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
Acting, for me, has never been about wanting attention or wanting to be seen. It’s funny that I’m in a profession where that’s where I am. There’s so much I want to express; it’s about connecting with another person and the intimacy of what that is, and so I have to overcome my shyness. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I cut school to read Shakespeare and to learn about that because, for the first time, I felt like I really discovered a passion – the passion of my life. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
When ‘Tree of Life’ went to Cannes, all the interviewers were asking me about my favorite actors and actresses because I was new to the industry, and they wanted to get to know me. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
