“To a female superhero her sexiness is not the most important thing about her, it's her mind, her spirit, and when I look at that character that to me is an example of characters that I like to play and I think it does a great thing for women.” ThinkingMindLooksDoeImportantPlayCharacterSpiritExampleFemaleImportant ThingsGreat ThingsSuperheroSexiness Author:Jessica Chastain
“I like things where I can do a physical transformation, and I love accents and voices, and I'm never going to play the same character twice.” I CanPlayCharacterVoiceCan DoTransformationAccents Author:Jessica Chastain
“I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.” CharacterActorsGoalLuckyDisappear Author:Jessica Chastain
“I take great responsibility in any character that I play.” PlayCharacterResponsibilityGreat Responsibility Author:Jessica Chastain
“No matter what the characters you play, you have to find the differences in them, especially when you are doing a political movie.” MatterPlayCharacterPoliticalDifferencesNo Matter What Author:Jessica Chastain
“Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.” WantCharacterAudienceOfficeFemaleBoxesFemale CharactersBox Office Author:Jessica Chastain
“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.” PeopleFirstsCharacterActingRolesCrazyVictimConfusedBest Acting Author:Jessica Chastain
“It's a fact, the majority of films in Hollywood are from the male perspective. And the female characters, very rarely do they get to speak to another female character in a movie, and when they do it's usually about a guy, not anything else. So they're very male-centric, Hollywood films, in general. So I think it's incredible that Ned Benson, when I said I'd love to know where she goes, says okay, I'm going to write another film from the female perspective.” ThinkingKnowsWritingSaidCharacterFactsFilmGuySpeakPerspectiveFemaleOkayHollywoodMajorityMalesIncrediblesFemale CharactersHollywood Films Author:Jessica Chastain
“I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the film. Sometimes the characters are just there as a prop to further the man’s story. The great directors I’ve talked to, I’ve said listen, I don’t mind playing a woman that is a tiny part, but how does the story affect her? What can I play in the end that’s different from the beginning? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense, because it’s just like being a prop.” IfsMenMindDoeSaidDifferentEndsSometimesPlayCharacterStoriesFilmJourneyHe ManDirectorsTinyMake SensePropsLike HerMind Playing Author:Jessica Chastain
