I really want my kids to feel, is that they can be themselves in the world. 
To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important. 
I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact. 
I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding. 
You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you. 
I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward. 
I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now. 
There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative. ![Maggie Gyllenhaal quotes: I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/maggie-gyllenhaal-quotes-1338605.jpg "Maggie Gyllenhaal quotes: I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.")
I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned. 
I'm pretty good at indulging myself. I'm about to go travel for a week. I like to get massaged, go into steam rooms. I take care of myself. 
Every actor has to find space where they are free, in order to do good work. 
Someone who's 26, 27, has a very different relationship to sex than someone who's 30. 