In a perfect world, I would love to do one play for every three movies. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think I'm generally - fear, fear is very still, so in terms of that kind of fear - there's so many… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
There's always an intellectual side to the films Ang Lee's doing and to the characters, and there's such a deep knowledge when… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
To me Donnie Darko was about adolescence. And about how, as soon as you start to grow up and you sort of… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I'm always nervous about it. You know, somehow, without even knowing it, I try and recreate the idea of what it feels… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
A Separation is another film that I think is extraordinary, and one of those things that feels like it's from another planet,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I get to… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
You run your plays, you know your plays, you study your plays, you study the other team, you do as much as you can,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I don't think my approach to acting is all necessarily in service of the character. I think, selfishly, I've put it in service of… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I was working with Michael Shannon and I was like, "Oh man I'm having trouble with this scene." And he's like, "Well, then just… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
To me I just, I'm a geek when it comes to cinematographers . And when it comes to Robert and when it comes to… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I think, when someone say, "When did you feel like an actor?" it's those moments when I feel like, "I'm an actor, wow." That's… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say - that type of pressure of, "All right, now you go… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
![“The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the set, and how much respect he has for every aspect of the film, and every aspect of the frame - that's the type of actor I am now; it's not the type of actor I was then. But without…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/345/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_the-amount-of-preparation-i-saw-from-som_832950.jpg)
