Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist." Jessica Chastain More Quotes by Jessica Chastain More Quotes From Jessica Chastain People would tell me to dye my hair blond when I first started auditioning, funny how defined we are by how we present ourselves. Jessica Chastain entertainment This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day. Jessica Chastain every-day day business racism One of my goals is to play a villain in a Bond film. People ask me if I want to be a Bond girl, and I say, 'No, I want to be the villain.' I'm waiting for that call! Jessica Chastain goals me girl waiting I'm a shadow whisperer: I hide in the shadows. And I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed and end up with my picture in the press. Jessica Chastain shadows picture end shadow Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward. Jessica Chastain feel moving-forward life moving Women can be powerful, graceful, and complex, with the ability to make any choice they desire. Jessica Chastain choice women powerful desire I'm inspired by antiques. I look at things that have a wink to the past but are also reinterpreted in some way and made to feel modern... and maybe that's what I am. Jessica Chastain i-am feel look past 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. Jessica Chastain think brave people past 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. Jessica Chastain thought red hair interesting What I do now, when I'm taking on a film, I always ask about the fairness of the pay. I ask what they're offering me in comparison to the guy. I don't care about how much I get paid; I'm in an industry where we're overcompensated for the work we do. Jessica Chastain dont-care me care work What's wrong with trying hard and showing up and being good at your job? We really need to look at ourselves and say we need to reevaluate this. We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing. It's okay to be ambitious; it's okay to be over-prepared. Jessica Chastain job good look women What can I do to create a healthy work environment? Because we have all been groomed to the normalization of violence and the normalization of abuse. And we refuse to live in that society. Jessica Chastain live society violence work I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach. Jessica Chastain day car morning love