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My grandmother was my inspiration. She was the person who took me to the theater and encouraged me to act, and she's the one who always believed in me.
Jessica Chastain
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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.
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I was a dramatic kid. I remember, I was very young, and once I knew what I wanted to do I, like, created a theater company, and I would direct, and we would sell lemonade to buy props.
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I struggled for so long to try to create a career.
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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.
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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.
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Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.
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If I get a role, it's because I fought for it.
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Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.
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People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles.
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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
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I've actually been given a great gift. When I walk into an audition with a director, I'm carrying no baggage. They haven't seen me in anything, even though I've done nine films.
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