“I don’t want to torture anything. … it’s about trying to live a life where I’m not contributing to the cruelty in the world.”

—  Jessica Chastain

… While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.
On her veganism and lifestyle in a PETA press statement, as quoted in "PETA Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities 2012: Jessica Chastain And Woody Harrelson Win Celebrity Contest" by Tara Kelly, in The Huffington Post (29 June 2012) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/peta-sexiest-vegetarian-celebrities-2012_n_1638049.html

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