277 Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say – that type of pressure of, “All right, now you go with abandon,” you know. Now when you’re in it, you let go of all the things – that’s what happens when you’re onstage.

Not to say that you should be constantly trying to change the world, but I think it’s important to know that whatever we do has an implication and has an effect, and because of that it is political.

As much as I am one for real human interaction, I also want to make a show that’s entertaining and that people want to see.

I don’t have a “I want to play this or that,” I just don’t have that. I’ve never been like that.

I think you hear a lot of people say ‘I support the troops’ and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.

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, now, younger generations do take that for granted in a lot of ways. I don’t think that takes away from the struggle of identity and what that is. But the struggle for identity is everybody’s struggle. No matter what it is.