Invaluable Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

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

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

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

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

— Maggie Gyllenhaal