Jessica Chastain recently sat down for an interview with Haute Living, where she talked about her experiences in Hollywood. The magazine quotes her as follows:
On working with the mostly female cast on The Zookeeper's Wife:
"If you're one of the only women on a set—if it's you and a bunch of men—you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you. I'm not saying that you should have a film set where it's predominantly women. I'm just saying when you have more women and you have more balance in a situation, it's going to be a healthier experience."
On Jennifer Lawrence:
"It was incredible. I loved her op-ed…and I was really disappointed after she wrote it that she got criticism. Sometimes people have that attitude where, ‘You're an actress making a lot of money, how dare you complain?' We've kind of been programmed to be grateful that we've gotten this job, so don't rock the boat. I don't think that's fair. Jennifer Lawrence coming out and saying that was really important."
On why women need to stick together:
"There has been a stigma out there that women don't work well together. I've never seen women like this. I know also during Oscar season [2012-2013] media, because they were trying to get headlines and get clicks, were trying to fabricate a fake rivalry between Jennifer Lawrence and myself and I immediately came out and said this is a media myth that has to stop. The women I know are not like this and I cheer for women to succeed because I know when an actress succeeds that means there's going to be that many more roles for women because an audience is going to demand it."
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