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 ChastainRead
I'm not taking jobs anymore where I'm getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid. I'm not allowing that in my life.
Interpretation
Stand up against gender pay inequality and advocate for fair compensation.
This quote by Jessica Chastain expresses her firm stance against gender pay disparity in the entertainment industry. She asserts her refusal to accept any role that pays her significantly less than her male counterparts, highlighting the importance of self-advocacy and equality in the workplace.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming inequality.
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.
I just want to see more women in film and behind the camera. I'm tired of seeing movies from one perspective.
We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.
It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.
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.
I find it very interesting: when 90 percent of the critics that review films are men, how is that helpful when trying to create stories from a feminine point of view?
People think you get tired quickly when you are a diabetic. But I have taken about 190 wickets in One Day International matches after I was diagnosed for diabetes, and lots even in Test cricket, and never got tired.
I might bend, but I will NEVER break because it's in my nature as a strong woman.
Women have to summon courage to fulfill dormant dreams.
When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.
But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us.
Homophobia and the closet are allies. Like an unhealthy co-dependent relationship they need each other to survive. One plays the victim living in fear and shame while the other plays the persecutor policing what is βnormalβ. The only way to dismantle homophobia is for every gay man and lesbian in the world to come out and live authentic lives. Once they realise how normal we are and see themselves in usβ¦.the controversy is over.
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