Latest Jessica Chastain Quotes from Interviews

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• I am the first one in my family to go to college and I felt a great responsibility when I was at school, because my family was making so many sacrifices for me to be there. I was raised by a single mother, my grandmother got on the plane and helped me move to New York and moved me into the dorm. It was just a big moment, and, yes, it was my dream to be an actress, but also I didn't want to let them down.

  Jessica Chastain

  Mother, Dream, Moving

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• I find that the monsters are usually the people that I have the most empathy for because they're the ones that are hurt the most. There's a reason why they're the monsters.

  Jessica Chastain

  Hurt, People, Empathy

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Every time you fail, you learn more.

  Jessica Chastain

  Failing

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Everything that we criticize young actresses for, they're supposed to do because that's when we're supposed to make mistakes. And find out who we are.

  Jessica Chastain

  Mistake, Who We Are, Actresses

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

  Jessica Chastain

  Views, Support, Directors

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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

  Jessica Chastain

  Character, Office, Female

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Lobbyists, Want

  Source: uk.businessinsider.com

• I want to be involved in a story that makes a difference.

  Jessica Chastain

  Differences, Making A Difference, Stories

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I just want to do what I feel is right in my heart.

  Jessica Chastain

  Heart, Want, My Heart

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

  Jessica Chastain

  Years, Lasts, Looks

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I no longer think in terms of, Ooh, this is a great role and what is it going to do for - actually, I've never really thought about what something is going to do for my career.

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Careers, Roles

  Source: www.glamour.com

• One comment by a female lobbyist really shocked me. She said, "Washington is a contact sport." I asked, "What do you mean by that?" And she just said, "Well, it's all men - and they're very contact-y. They touch a lot." Women say that's just part of the game.

  Jessica Chastain

  Sports, Mean, Men

  Source: www.glamour.com

• My grandmother used to say, "Sometimes the loudest person in the room doesn't know what they're talking about." Or isn't secure enough in his or her own views to be able to listen to others.

  Jessica Chastain

  Grandmother, Talking, Views

  Source: www.glamour.com

• 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.

  Jessica Chastain

  Believe, Lobbyists, Gains

  Source: www.glamour.com

• 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.

  Jessica Chastain

  Pushing, Males, Lobbyists

  Source: www.glamour.com

• 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.

  Jessica Chastain

  Country, Fundraising, Office

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Look, if anyone is scared, I got your back.

  Jessica Chastain

  Looks, Scared, Got Your Back

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• I feel very inspired right now because I know there are a lot of people out there who are really scared but I feel this great sense of togetherness and people coming together and saying, "I got your back."

  Jessica Chastain

  People, Together, Scared

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• 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.

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Issues, African American

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• I think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry.

  Jessica Chastain

  Thinking, Ideas, Film

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• For me, I'm not in an industry where I'm starving. I'm so lucky to have this job, I'm compensated for my work in an incredible way. But what I do ask is when I join a production I want to make sure that the male actor isn't making four times my salary, which has been true, or seven times my salary. And if that's true you go, you know what, I don't need this job. It's not really asking for more - it's asking for something that is respectable and equal to the male actor and you have to go, why are women being valued less?

  Jessica Chastain

  Jobs, Want, Way

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing.

  Jessica Chastain

  Needs, Pay, Promotion

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• It's okay to be ambitious, it's okay to be over-prepared.

  Jessica Chastain

  Ambitious, Okay, Prepared

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• I'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors.

  Jessica Chastain

  Males, Actors, Relation

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• No matter what, I'm going to ask for more.

  Jessica Chastain

  Matter, No Matter What, Asks

  Source: www.businessinsider.com