Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Jessica Chastain Talks Passion for Equality

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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