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Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.

In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor.

Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Sometimes love is calm and easy and sometimes it's just plain dirty.

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

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I love 'Training Day' - that's a great movie.

I love 'Training Day' - that's a great movie.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.

When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: You can't just lump things into two categories. Things aren't that simple.

You can't just lump things into two categories. Things aren't that simple.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I had not spent a ton of time around animals as a kid.

I had not spent a ton of time around animals as a kid.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant.

I fooled around with Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams got pregnant.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I think I work as hard as I do now, because of a lot of lessons I've learned early on.

I think I work as hard as I do now, because of a lot of lessons I've learned early on.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried ... I just don't recommend it!

I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried ... I just don't recommend it!

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young ... " I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young ... " I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.

As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that's entertaining and that people want to see.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: They're the darkest people I know, comedians.

They're the darkest people I know, comedians.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They give me comfort.

I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They give me comfort.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.

The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: As a producer, you have an opportunity to see the whole and bring people together.

As a producer, you have an opportunity to see the whole and bring people together.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: One role blends into the next role. I mean, there's strange idiosyncrasies from roles that I play that I picked up that will never go away.

One role blends into the next role. I mean, there's strange idiosyncrasies from roles that I play that I picked up that will never go away.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I think you hear a lot of people say 'I support the troops' and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.

I think you hear a lot of people say 'I support the troops' and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I have a mentor. I have ... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.

I have a mentor. I have ... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.

I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.

I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.

I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is, 'What is this movie about?'

I can't make a movie unless I believe in the themes behind it. I mean, that's the first question I ask myself, always, is, 'What is this movie about?'

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Every journey starts with fear.

Every journey starts with fear.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.

I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.

Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: In that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't make mistakes.

In that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't make mistakes.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.

Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.

I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: My experience on 'Jarhead' was life changing.

My experience on 'Jarhead' was life changing.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I'm superstitious a little bit.

I'm superstitious a little bit.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Often times it's really hard for me to articulate why I connect to something.

Often times it's really hard for me to articulate why I connect to something.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.

I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Sometimes you need an anchor, whatever it might be. You need a space to connect. So often you get into a way of doing things.

Sometimes you need an anchor, whatever it might be. You need a space to connect. So often you get into a way of doing things.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I started to realize I love study, I love the study of human behavior.

I started to realize I love study, I love the study of human behavior.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

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

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: In a perfect world, I would love to do one play for every three movies.

In a perfect world, I would love to do one play for every three movies.

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

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 quotes: I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we

I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we all do.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I walk around thinking job to job, trying to not have regrets.

I walk around thinking job to job, trying to not have regrets.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.

I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: When somebody's really good, they're not just thinking about their job.

When somebody's really good, they're not just thinking about their job.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: There are a lot of different things that are spinning and connecting when your family sees what you do.

There are a lot of different things that are spinning and connecting when your family sees what you do.

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

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

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: 'Brokeback Mountain' takes all your conceptions of America, and the Western, and cowboys, and sexuality, and love, and it stirs them all up.

'Brokeback Mountain' takes all your conceptions of America, and the Western, and cowboys, and sexuality, and love, and it stirs them all up.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point

I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion.

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

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

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I'm more Baskin-Robbins style myself.

I'm more Baskin-Robbins style myself.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: 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.

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 quotes: By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Sometimes what I actually love to do is go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered.

Sometimes what I actually love to do is go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: People say to me, well "What's the character you really want to play?" And I go, I don't know.

People say to me, well "What's the character you really want to play?" And I go, I don't know.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: I love artists. I love watching other people work.

I love artists. I love watching other people work.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: 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 sort of communicate.

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 sort of communicate.

Jake Gyllenhaal quotes: Ask yourself why a red carpet is red. It could be any colour.

Ask yourself why a red carpet is red. It could be any colour.