Quotations and Sayings attributed to Jake Gyllenhaal
And as an actor, you can go to those places of rage and aggression and feel those feelings, and have so much fun doing it. I think that's also part of what the armed forces harnesses. Every day, I woke up excited to go to work, even with an hour's sleep sometimes.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Ang Lee is fierce in his timidity, his humbleness and his respect for everyone around him. He's frustrating and so damn wise.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Ang was great ... because he would set up situations and then let me and Heath decide what to do within the space Ang created.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
As an actor, it's a constant question of whether I will ever get hired again ... (but) this idea is so important, and if that meant for a couple of takes I was going to have to make out with some guy, then so be it
- Jake Gyllenhaal
As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
But obviously, it means a hundred million things to other people. It's one big question. So, naturally, people have a lot of answers.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I [now] walk into every scene thinking, ' exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Coming from a family where my mom is a writer, I just respond to how people speak.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
- 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 yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
