277 Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

When I was 19, I thought [Brokeback Mountain] was going to be the best movie ever made. And everyone was going to see it and it was just going to be incredible. And then nobody saw it and it didn't get bought at Sundance. And it was a really great experience. Humbling. And then it's since found its way.

I was brought up, and my sister too, with two people who were always saying, "What you do is really nowhere near as important as the things that are going on in the world, and if your work needs to reflect that, or you want it to, then you need to strive for a certain type of excellence."

When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is ultimately I know how I feel about it and that's what matters to me the most.

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.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you.

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.

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

I think also what's interesting is that Maggie [Gyllenhaal] knows how much the choices that I make reflect what's going on in my life. Admittedly, probably, as my sister, and as someone who loves me - like, she can't wait to see become a father.

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