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
I don't think there are that many parts I could say unequivocally "I would not play that," but there's lots of parts… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
We have our phones right by our beds, right next to us in our most exposed, vulnerable moments. And yet the government… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I am looking for movies that are actually about something and that are questioning something. Movies that are provocative in some way… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I happen to be in a line of work where I get given lots of clothes, and I definitely think it's fun,… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I didn't think at all about my body until after I stopped nursing. When I was nursing, my body was my daughter's,… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I remember people saying, "Believe me, everything in your life is going to change..." And I thought, "Why? That's such a bourgeois… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
People write things in newspapers about me that aren't true - or that are true. They take pictures of my kids on… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
You're invited to tons of parties, and you'll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticing, but I think… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Simple black-and-white thinking or action is always going to be problematic. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I was thinking about how people were upset about the information that came out from Snowden about the NSA - many people… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that… — 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… — 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… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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