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Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
Jessica Chastain
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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.
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One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, 'No, I want to be the villain.' I'm waiting for that call!
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If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.
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I talked to congressmen who really hate having to go to the many fundraisers, but they see it as a necessary part of their job.
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I sometimes go to a movie and eat my popcorn and turn my brain off. I love those movies. But the movies I like to be in, for the most part, are the ones that challenge you.
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There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of men who take terrible care of themselves - they drink too much, or they eat too much. We need to allow women to age.
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I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.
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When you take away healthcare from women, you're keeping women out of the workforce because you're eliminating their choice of when to start a family.
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I think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.
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If I'm in Italy, I'll have an espresso, but I try not to get my energy from things like that.
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My goal is that a girl will watch 'The Martian' or 'Interstellar' and think, 'I want to be an astronaut or a quantum physicist.' It's important to show powerful women who are good at their jobs because young girls need those examples.
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