Can you believethis?,I am so stressed out tonight.
I have never been so stressful.
Chastain isnt even 50 yet.
Charles Roven, recipient of the Power of Cinema Award and Jessica Chastain, recipient of the American Cinematheque Award on Friday nightGetty Images
I tried three times before I could even get tickets, and then I went at 8:30AM.
She is just spectacular.
To watch her do those stunts with wires and all.
Jessica Chastain, recipient of the American Cinematheque Award speaks onstage during the 38th AnnualAmerican Cinematheque Awards(Presley Ann/Getty Images for American Cinematheque)
He said he couldnt wait for me to see this new actress who plays the title role.
He was raving about Jessica Chastain whose first movie leading role this was.
I think the film was held up for something like five years before it finally got released in 2008.
As I said in the quote from my review on the films poster, it was worth the wait.
I dont know what the role is, it could be George Washington.
He is a Hollywood cowboy.
He is tough as nails.
He is as Texas as you could be without being from there, he said.
One thing I never worry about is the movie business, because the audience will always be back.
People want to be together.
We want to see films on the biggest screen possible.
We want to experience that magic, he said.
Well, I say we need to take a page from sports.
When great basketball players miss a few shots they do not slow down.
The only way to score points is to keep shooting.
Roven also listed a lot of names of filmmakers and actors he has worked with over the years.
It sounds like I am going to namedrop everyone I have ever worked with tonight.
Maybe I will, he laughed.
I guess he doesnt know who I am, the Oscar winner joked.
In my career, I have worked to dismantle the restrictive roles society imposes on women.
These roles broke new ground…
Showing women as complex, powerful, and non-traditional.
It wasnt just about box office success.
It was proof that audiences were hungry for stories of powerful, multifaceted women.
At that point Chastain couldnt help but also shed tears she vowed to avoid.
It was a nice moment in a very nice evening.
See Jessica Chastains speechhere.
