Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastainis an American actress and film producer. Born in a small town near Sonoma, California and raised in Sacramento, Chastain developed an interest in acting from a young age. As a teenager she made her professional stage debut as Juliet in a 1998 production of Romeo and Juliet. She went on to study acting at the Juilliard School, after which she was signed on for a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells. She was a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 March 1977
CitySacramento, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.
I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his league. He was a year younger than me. And he broke up with me. It was so shocking, and I couldn't believe it.
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!
I am the worst at keeping secrets. I am the kind of person that the second I buy someone a Christmas present, I tell them what I bought them. I don't wait until Christmas. I'm not good at it.
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 I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.
I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.
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 I'm working, I just work.
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 was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.
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.
Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.
I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
I absolutely made the decision that that cannot be the reason why I'm doing a film or a job. For me, it's always about the script and whether I'm doing something that I've never done before.