Jessica Chastain Quotes

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

There's nothing wrong with the feminine, there's nothing wrong with being vulnerable.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

I like strong women. Physical women.

I'm not big on women looking naive.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

I say that Pakistanis should not consider girls as weaklings.

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful.

I am not a fan of the cupcake image. This idea that you can distract a girl with something frivolous like a cake or shoes or handbags, and she won't be a threat to men.

Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound.

I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

Women have been interesting forever.

We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.