I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person [who] when I'm doing a play, and even when I'm working, I don't do anything else. When… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
My whole life, I wanted to be an actor. Perhaps the seed was planted when I saw Sigourney Weaver in 'Alien', wiping… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I'm going to ask what is correct, what I deserve, especially in relation to male actors. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
When 'Tree of Life' went to Cannes, all the interviewers were asking me about my favorite actors and actresses because I was new to… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
Green tea throughout the day is the healthiest thing I've discovered for me. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
My favourite smell is the smell of cut grass, and the sound of sprinklers going on. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve. — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
I don't want to torture anything. It's about trying to live a life where I'm not contributing to the cruelty in the world... While… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
As an actor, I have a lot of fear, thinking that if I speak my mind, or something that feels like it deviates from… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
I no longer think in terms of, Ooh, this is a great role and what is it going to do for - actually, I've… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share
We have grown up watching women be used as props on a man's journey. It's not our fault that that's what we saw as… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share