Jake Gyllenhaal

Actor

1980-12-19

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor known for roles in dramas, thrillers, and action films. His credits include Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler, and Brokeback Mountain.

Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

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.
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I hope I'm a spiritual person. I'm trying to be a spiritual person.
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Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.
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The last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall. It's spelled with two l's, two a's. We have a song in my family; G-Y-Double L - EN - HAAL spells Gyllenhaal. It's a Swedish name. It's a family heirloom set to music.
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I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.
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I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major chords that are all over the place, and you're enjoying yourself with a great, simple melody.
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I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it.
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Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
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