Sometimes I'll read a script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I don't get it,… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very intensely-that took me a long time to get over. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share
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