Jessica Chastain Quotes about Character

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

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.

Jessica Chastain

Character, Thinking, Play

Source: collider.com

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.

Jessica Chastain

Character, Journey, Men

Women perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.

Jessica Chastain

Character, Office, Female

Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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.

Jessica Chastain

Writing, Character, Thinking

"Jessica Chastain Wants More Female Protagonists: 'Where is the Scarlett Johansson Superhero Movie?'" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. September 3, 2014.

I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.

Jessica Chastain

Character, Goal, Lucky

Source: collider.com

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.

Jessica Chastain

Confused, Crazy, Character

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.