Jake Gyllenhaal says every strong feeling feels hard, and that fear often starts a new path. He believes acting is the only place where he can truly speak for himself. He also notes that love can be calm and easy, or sometimes just plain dirty.
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Jake Gyllenhaal is a film actor from the United States, best known for Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles.
Quick Facts About Jake Gyllenhaal
Born
December 19, 1980
Nationality
United States
Profession
Film Actor
Notable works
Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles
About Jake Gyllenhaal
He is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and his sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
![“It's one of the most beautiful scripts [Brokeback Mountain] I've ever read, and it was Ang Lee, and at the time Heath [Ledger] was a friend of mine - before we even shot the movie - and always sort of alluring to me.” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cb1/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_alluring_it-s-one-of-the-most-beautiful-scripts-b_2163949.jpg)
![“Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I hope to get to in my profession. That I'm not just an actor, I'm a storyteller. And I think that takes a long time in, when you have one job on a movie set…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b42/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_working-with-robert-robert-elswit-is-a-s_3069036.jpg)
![“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 in preproduction and rehearsals. And then he allows his actors - I don't think scared of actors, but I think he's scared of getting in on the scenes he's…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/25f/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_we-are-all-from-different-cultures-heath_299966.jpg)
![“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)
![“I always say about that movie [ Brokeback mountain], which I think maybe over time is more understood, is that this is about two people desperately looking for love. To be loved. And who were probably capable of it. And they just found it with someone of the same sex.that does not dismiss the fact…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f91/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_brokeback-mountain_i-always-say-about-that-movie-brokeback_871678.jpg)
![“I know exactly what that movie's [Brokeback mountain] about. I can't define it; it doesn't tie up in a perfect bow. But it's about adolescence. It's about what it feels like - this isn't meant as a criticism, but like things I didn't relate to, which were high school movies. Where I'd watch it and…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/493/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_adolescence_i-know-exactly-what-that-movie-s-brokeba_2136459.jpg)
![“The reason why most video games movies havent been successful up until now is the fact that most of the action that takes place is stuff that weve seen before [in the game], but hasnt had a reason in the story line that makes sense. So, in this movie we decided that everything the prince did in…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/969/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_video_the-reason-why-most-video-games-movies-h_2539155.jpg)
