277 Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it’s realistic, it doesn’t matter who the character is, you want to do it.

I think that I have done work where I feel like I’ve challenged myself, and then what’s even more confusing is I’ve done work where I think I’ve challenged myself and no one’s responded to it, and no one’s interested in it.

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

Being a star doesn’t last. That’s not what life should be about. It’s a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.

There’s no shame in somebody who doesn’t necessarily do that job knowing a little bit more in that instance than you might know about your own job, you know, and I think that is where movies are such a collaborative art form.

My experience on ‘Jarhead’ was life changing.

It’s funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

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.

I’m always nervous about it. You know, somehow, without even knowing it, I try and recreate the idea of what it feels like to go in front of an audience every night when I’m making a film. And that similar type of pressure and excitement before a scene, or preparing for a movie, so...