I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
What made me most courageous was that I realized I had to try to let go of that stereotype I had in… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's daunting trying to do any service as an American to such a beautiful, fluid speech pattern that you [British] all have.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Not to say that you should be constantly trying to change the world, but I think it's important to know that whatever… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I'm always nervous about it. You know, somehow, without even knowing it, I try and recreate the idea of what it feels… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I try and find and access the parts of myself that still blindly believe and have faith in a lot of things.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
On a spiritual level, on a place where you want to be a better human being and listen more, I try. I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Ang [Lee] gave us a lot of books about cowboys who had been gay or stories about it and all that stuff.… — 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
I was trying to figure out where my intellect, if I really have one, where it fit. And so I was searching.… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I could draw ideas. I remember writing a paper for a seminar class. I remember writing a paper about - and this… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
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
Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say - that type of pressure of, "All right, now you go… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share
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