Jessica Chastain Quotes

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.

I work too hard to let something affect me that's already happened.

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it.

I think things hit me very hard, and I wish I had allowed things to roll off my back a little bit more.

It's wonderful to feel supported, but there's a lot of negative energy towards me as well. So I ignore it, to be honest. If I started to read it all it would completely mess up my head.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

It's healthier if you kind of just walk away from things and not really care about what happens.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.

If I grew up with a dysfunctional family, I would eventually start a book club.

I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

If you're out there and things are going badly, are you going to cry or break down?

Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

Call me boring, but I can't handle negative situations.

Was I hurt sometimes? Yeah. But not to the point where I couldn't play. I think we all go through it. Some guys escape it. Some guys don't. There's no secret formula.

If we are not affected by our environment, then we have somewhere become insensitive. It might be good in a way because you might not be affected by anything and be calm always.