Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think, when someone say, "When did you feel like an actor?" it's those moments when I feel like, "I'm an actor,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
When you have the opportunity to choose projects, inevitably you start being moved towards the things that you're moved by, right? And… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think my strength is to do a take all the way through. I am definitely not someone who can do a… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's amazing how the world has changed because, at that time [2005], a lot of actors didn't want to play a gay role. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't want to be lofty when I say this, but I don't know what a success is any more. I know… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
You run your plays, you know your plays, you study your plays, you study the other team, you do as much as… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I always say about that movie [ Brokeback mountain], which I think maybe over time is more understood, is that this is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Often times it's really hard for me to articulate why I connect to something. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's one of the most beautiful scripts [Brokeback Mountain] I've ever read, and it was Ang Lee, and at the time Heath… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't think I had any idea at the time how to work with someone as masterful as he is. And I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think it's more, at least at the time, a sense of abstraction. My mind doesn't really work in a way where… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
But you need to strive to try and communicate and try and change things in a similar way. And then people can… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I get to… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
You run your plays, you know your plays, you study your plays, you study the other team, you do as much as you can,… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it's just plain dirty. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't think my approach to acting is all necessarily in service of the character. I think, selfishly, I've put it in service of… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I was working with Michael Shannon and I was like, "Oh man I'm having trouble with this scene." And he's like, "Well, then just… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
To me I just, I'm a geek when it comes to cinematographers . And when it comes to Robert and when it comes to… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think, when someone say, "When did you feel like an actor?" it's those moments when I feel like, "I'm an actor, wow." That's… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
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