A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it. — 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
