A biography for Jessica Rothehasn’t been written yet.
“I love getting to be someone else, to explore the parts of myself and other people that we may keep locked away or have no idea exist within us. I also love starting new projects because I always walk away with such a wonderful new group of friends.”
“I grew up on musicals, and I love them so much.”
“Every project I do, I learn something new.”
“Change is hard. A lot of times, at the end of films, even if they're amazing, I look back, and I'm like, 'I don't think anyone changed,' and that's an important thing to see.”
“Many times, people who are self-involved or bullies, it stems from a place of hurt and insecurity within oneself.”
“I'm lucky my parents are incredibly supportive and generous people who have put so much faith in me as I jump into this crazy business. It really is so far outside their comfort zone in terms of what a profession can be.”
“I, in middle school, started really, really liking country music because it tells a story. It's really dramatic; I'm really dramatic. There's a lot of emotion. It was like, 'This is a perfect fit,' and I was teased mercilessly for it.”
“When the movie 'Sliding Doors' came out, it almost sent me into existential crisis because I think about that all the time. Like, 'Wait. If I left my house five minutes later, maybe this would have happened and I'd be on this different track of my life. How would that affect me?'”
“The thing that's amazing about working with Chris Landon is that he has such an encyclopedic knowledge of all films in all genres.”
“I absolutely love reading.”
“When I decided to do 'Mary + Jane,' one of the things that I was most excited about was the demographic that we would predominantly be reaching out to, which is 12- to 25-year-old women.”
“Idris Elba blows my mind.”
“People can change, learn, and grow, and it's better to face your demons instead of perpetually running away from them.”
“When 'The Ring' came out, it destroyed me for an entire week. I just couldn't deal with how terrifying that film was.”
“One thing that feels very important to me as an artist is to continually challenge myself and push myself to do all kinds of different things.”
“I saw 'Get Out,' and I loved that.”
“I was trained in classic theater, so I love me some good old crying.”
“I did know that I could do scream very well. When I was in high school, I got a very strange job one Halloween filming screams for a radio station. I would just go into a soundstage and scream and scream and scream, and everybody would put on ear plugs, so I had an inkling.”
“When I was a kid, my parents told me that every time we went to see a play or musical, I would sit there with my mouth hanging open completely immersed. I think it has just always spoken to me, been the thing that makes me feel alive, seen, and the way I can express myself.”
“I adored Boston, and I loved school there.”