“If someone does something bad to you, you do something worse to them so they never mess with you again.” IfsDoeMessYou Again Author:Jessica Chastain
“If you don't fully take every moment and love every moment and every person that you're with, your life will be over before you realise.” IfsPersonsMomentsAnd LoveRealising Author:Jessica Chastain
“An actress friend of mine shared a great trick. She told me to stick my tongue behind my teeth when I smile to keep from over-smiling. If you smile without doing it, sometimes your gums show a little too much. It's an actor's trick!” IfsLittlesSometimesShowsActorsBehindsToo MuchMinesSticksTongueActressesTricksTeethI SmileGum Author:Jessica Chastain
“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?” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsHas BeensJobsActorsAsksFourIndustryLuckyEqualAskingSevenMalesIncrediblesProductionsSalaryStarvingRespectableSo LuckyTrue You Author:Jessica Chastain
“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.” IfsBelieveGainsFinancialLobbyists Author:Jessica Chastain
“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 crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.” IfsRealCryWeaknessReal LifeSensitiveAppropriateSensitivity Author:Jessica Chastain
“When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.” IfsKnowsTryingHappensActorsBusinessCrazyToughPreparedThings HappenChecksSensitiveGoing AwayBe Prepared 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
“I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.” IfsThinkingFeelsFeelingsActorsEmotionAudienceFear Of LoveNervousness Author:Jessica Chastain
