She [Jessica] is an extraordinary actress, classically trained, so handling the qualities that the character requires she can do it effortlessly and at the same time she gives authority and credibility, a kind of tenacity. That’s what she as an actress poses, she’s just an amazing and multifacetic individual.

Kathryn Bigelow on Jessica Chastain as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty.

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