I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Some people would say you need what you need to work, but I need very little to work, because I learned how… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Yes, I want to do good work. But just because a movie is small, it doesn't make it better. In fact, there… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
After making 'Secretary,' it was a real shock to me to learn that some directors just aren't interested in what actors have… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I would like to do a big movie that many, many people see but I just know I would be miserable if… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Mainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't feel that way now. I don't want to make movies for the 10 people who feel exactly the same way… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
After making 'Secretary,' it was a real shock to me to learn that some directors just aren't interested in what actors have to say.… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
When I was in grade school in L.A., I really loved Cyndi Lauper. I did everything I could to look like her. I had… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
The older I get, the more vulnerable I get. But the part of me that resists that, that is stubborn and wants to bulldoze… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I get magnetically pulled towards a project because there's something in it that offers me the opportunity to explore the edge of my understanding… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
It's a hard life to have sex with eight to 10 men a night. That's hard physically, let alone emotionally. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then you set… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
If you're going to play a hooker in a movie, the movie has to have the perspective, of course, that it isn't such a… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
