As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's amazing how the world has changed because, at that time [2005], a lot of actors didn't want to play a gay role. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
In that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried...… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I did work with coach. I went to this place called Actors Space in the Valley. I was… — 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
Peter Sarsgaard, he's an extraordinary actor, and I would say that Peter has really brought into my life and my sister's life… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think, when someone say, "When did you feel like an actor?" it's those moments when I feel like, "I'm an actor,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I remember Chris Cooper saying to me - I was doing October Sky with him - and he said, "You know, you're… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I was trying to figure out where my intellect, if I really have one, where it fit. And so I was searching.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
As Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. My sister [Maggie Gyllenhaal] came up to me recently… — 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
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… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Ang Lee just allowed me to make what we would call mistakes and had no judgment of them. He also empowered me.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't think I had any idea at the time how to work with someone as masterful as he is. And I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it's just plain dirty. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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![“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/quotes/img-quotes/25f/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_we-are-all-from-different-cultures-heath_299966.jpg)
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