183 Quotes by Jessica Chastain

There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of men who take terrible care of themselves - they drink too much, or they eat too much. We need to allow women to age.

I'm going to do anything I can to be there and support any organization that empowers and creates opportunities for women.

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.

I grew up in a low-income family. I was raised by a single mother.

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

When you take away healthcare from women, you're keeping women out of the workforce because you're eliminating their choice of when to start a family.

I think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.

The great thing about modern feminism is that women can define what it means to them: it can mean being ambitious, it can mean being emotional, it can mean being sensitive and compassionate and also a leader. It can mean all those things.

I'm either thought of as ethereal or fiery. And maybe that's the interesting thing about red hair: there's that fiery Renaissance connotation and the ethereal.