I never heard in my entire life that a man was overprepared for anything. I am overprepared in my life. What’s wrong with being ambitious, being overprepared, being one step ahead? Jessica Chastain Read Quote
Gian Luca and I have been together for such a long time, we’re in it for the long haul. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
What can I do to create a healthy work environment? Because we have all been groomed to the normalization of violence and the normalization of abuse. And we refuse to live in that society. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
Only a woman can tell you what it’s like to be a woman in a society where men are in charge. When you have one demographic that controls the livelihood of minorities, then you’re always going to have abuses of power. So this goes way beyond Hollywood. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
In the characters that I play, I’m so involved in the look; it’s very, very important to me. Because how a person presents him or herself to the world, they’re saying something about themselves. It’s their first form of advertisement. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I actually chose to do ‘X-Men’ because I’m working with Simon Kinberg, who’s also a first-time filmmaker who I met on ‘The Martian’ and is an incredible writer and producer. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
Everyone has to learn how to live in an environment that has not made it easy for women to claim their place, so I think it’s all women’s responsibility to step forward. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
My whole life, I wanted to be an actor. Perhaps the seed was planted when I saw Sigourney Weaver in ‘Alien’, wiping the floor with the men on the ship. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
I’m not taking jobs anymore where I’m getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid. I’m not allowing that in my life. Jessica Chastain Read Quote
