277 Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

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

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

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

Every journey starts with fear.

We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.

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

The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there. And, if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice.

When you have the opportunity to choose projects, inevitably you start being moved towards the things that you're moved by, right? And that changes over time, as we change, right?

The idea that both a film and a book could be made about waiting and boredom, and make them entertaining, was pretty extraordinary,