--- title: Jessica Chastain American Way Interview description: Find out what Jessica Chastain said about advocating for gender equality in Hollywood in a new interview with American Way. canonical: https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-03T17:34:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:02.466Z og:title: Jessica Chastain Won’t Be Silent About Gender Discrimination in Hollywood og:description: 'I'm doing my part' og:url: https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca0c27d387cfcf25/6988bce84dd21530d4efe010/jessica-chastain-gender-equality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "Miss Sloane" Paris Premiere At UGC Normandy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jessica Chastain Won’t Be Silent About Gender Discrimination in Hollywood twitter:description: 'I'm doing my part' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca0c27d387cfcf25/6988bce84dd21530d4efe010/jessica-chastain-gender-equality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jessica Chastain Won’t Be Silent About Gender Discrimination in Hollywood > Sponsored content. 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In [a new interview with](https://americanwaymagazine.com/jessica-declassified) _American Way,_ the actress said that she launched her own production company, [Freckle Films,](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jessica-chastain-freckle-films-production-company-1201709557/) last year in an attempt to change [the statistics](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/women-hollywood-inequality-directors-behind-the-camera-1201626691/) on gender equality in the film industry. “I just don’t know why it’s not changing,” she told the magazine. “I’m doing my part to make the change, so why isn’t everyone else?” But her advocacy on the issue hasn’t come without risk, she says. “I had one male director say to me that I talk too much about all of this ‘women stuff.’ This is a person I love, and maybe he was concerned I would hurt my career,” she said. “I’m not attacking anyone. I’m trying to create more inclusiveness, compassion and empathy — which in turn makes better movies, better art.” Read [the full interview](https://americanwaymagazine.com/jessica-declassified) on _American Way_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/"},"headline":"Jessica Chastain Won’t Be Silent About Gender Discrimination in Hollywood","datePublished":"2017-03-03T17:34:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:02.466Z","description":"'I'm doing my part'","url":"https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca0c27d387cfcf25/6988bce84dd21530d4efe010/jessica-chastain-gender-equality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca0c27d387cfcf25/6988bce84dd21530d4efe010/jessica-chastain-gender-equality.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Miss Sloane\" Paris Premiere At UGC Normandy","caption":"\"Miss Sloane\" Paris Premiere At UGC Normandy","creditText":"Marc Piasecki—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4690512/jessica-chastain-gender-discrimination/","name":"Jessica Chastain Won’t Be Silent About Gender Discrimination in Hollywood"}}]}] ```