277 Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

I think, in the initial process of discovering a character and the analytical process – and this is what I did take from Buddhism – initially I think there has to be an analytical, intellectual approach. And that has to be abandoned by the time you’re playing the game.

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

Other people’s belief changes you. We all have insecurity, and uncertainty, and to have that glow cast over you by somebody that you respect, makes a gigantic difference.

I don’t think I’ve made a mistake. I think I have behaved in ways that I am proud of; I think I’ve behaved in ways I’m not.

They’re the darkest people I know, comedians.

As an actor, I feel like I’m somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don’t want to hit it. I don’t like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.

I love storytelling, you know, beyond anything. I love a great story beyond a great performance. Storytelling is about what we all do together and how we collaborate together. A performance can be a collaboration in ways, but oftentimes it’s one individual thing.

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 love ‘Training Day’ – that’s a great movie.