Jessica Chastain quotes
Born
March 24, 1977, Sacramento, California, U.S.
Occupation
Actress.
Jessica Chastain is an American actress.
Movies
Interstellar (2014)
Molly’s Game (2017)
The Martian (2015)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
I can’t even open my eyes underwater.
– Jessica Chastain
We need to understand that femininity is not weakness. And our society, for some reason, equates the two.
– Jessica Chastain
I try not to fake anything.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m such a geek.
– Jessica Chastain
The power of ‘no’ means you’re educating people in how to treat you.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m really inspired by stories I didn’t know about.
– Jessica Chastain
For me, I’m not in an industry where I’m starving.
– Jessica Chastain
If I’m in Italy, I’ll have an espresso, but I try not to get my energy from things like that.
– Jessica Chastain
I don’t want people to look at me.
– Jessica Chastain
If I get a role, it’s because I fought for it.
– Jessica Chastain
I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m very much a hippie from Northern California.
– Jessica Chastain
I struggled for so long to try to create a career.
– Jessica Chastain
Being a woman has always been a powerful thing, where history has sometimes dictated otherwise, but I believe that a woman can be compassionate, sensitive, soft, kind.
– Jessica Chastain
For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day to day life.
– Jessica Chastain
One of my favorite parts of being an actress is being a detective.
– Jessica Chastain
I just don’t think of myself as a movie star – I’m an actress.
– Jessica Chastain
Gian Luca and I have been together for such a long time, we’re in it for the long haul.
– Jessica Chastain
The reason we like acting is connecting to other people.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m the first person in my family to go to college.
– Jessica Chastain
I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, ‘No, you just have anxiety.’
– Jessica Chastain
Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m either thought of as ethereal or fiery. And maybe that’s the interesting thing about red hair: there’s that fiery Renaissance connotation and the ethereal.
– Jessica Chastain
Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.
– Jessica Chastain
I’ve spent my life being embarrassed.
– Jessica Chastain
When I get a script that has the opportunity to create discussion and inspire young girls, I don’t want to say no to that… I just want to contribute.
– Jessica Chastain
I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.
– Jessica Chastain
I was the first one in my family to go to college.
– Jessica Chastain
It takes me a long time to make a big purchase.
– Jessica Chastain
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don’t think anyone knew what to do with me.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m a shadow whisperer: I hide in the shadows. And I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed and end up with my picture in the press.
– Jessica Chastain
I’m working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.
– Jessica Chastain
I don’t know if there will ever be a day that I’m not wearing heels. I’m a very big personality, and I don’t like to look up at other people.
– Jessica Chastain
I think that with any emotion – fear, love, nervousness – if the actor’s feeling it, then the audience feels it.
– Jessica Chastain
I take great responsibility in any character that I play.
– Jessica Chastain
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.
– Jessica Chastain
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