Maggie Gyllenhaal

Having an education is invaluable.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

As I get older, I find I cry much more often than I did.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I am not crazy about my knees.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I have a raging temper. I'll shout and scream, then it passes like a wicked storm.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

Someone who's 26, 27, has a very different relationship to sex than someone who's 30.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

It's a hard life to have sex with eight to 10 men a night. That's hard physically, let alone emotionally.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I happen to be in a line of work where I get given lots of clothes, and I definitely think it's fun,…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

The older I get, the more vulnerable I get. But the part of me that resists that, that is stubborn and wants…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I don't even notice the advertisement that comes up on my screen. I'm a smart person and it's just something I've just…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Therapy was incredibly enlightening. I don't think it's only necessary if you're unwell - it's a useful tool for me to understand…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I'm playing somebody who is a recovering drug addict who got out of prison. It takes place in 2 weeks-the 1st 2…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I was always dressing up as a kid. I had a dress for all the Los Angeles bar and bat mitzvahs that…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

College gave me validation: I gained a lot of confidence, just from once or twice saying something in class and the professor…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I like clothes. And I think it's OK to think about clothes just so long as you also think about other things.…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

There are two ways to be cool: One is to be disinterested and make it seem like you must be doing something…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Mainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

These past couple of years have been about learning to not sabotage myself in a subtler way - for instance, even just…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Simple black-and-white thinking or action is always going to be problematic.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Every actor has to find space where they are free, in order to do good work.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

— Maggie Gyllenhaal