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