Jake Gyllenhaal

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…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Every journey starts with fear.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

You run your plays, you know your plays, you study your plays, you study the other team, you do as much as…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it's just plain dirty.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't think my approach to acting is all necessarily in service of the character. I think, selfishly, I've put it in…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I was working with Michael Shannon and I was like, "Oh man I'm having trouble with this scene." And he's like, "Well,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

To me I just, I'm a geek when it comes to cinematographers . And when it comes to Robert and when it…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

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

Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say - that type of pressure of, "All right, now…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

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…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Most of the things that I learn are from the women in my life.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't have a "I want to play this or that," I just don't have that. I've never been like that.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

Heath [Ledger] would walk up to a horse and could like silence the horse. Just literally he'd be like, 'Shh. Shh.' And…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

They're the darkest people I know, comedians.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

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

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

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

I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are…

— Jake Gyllenhaal