122 Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

People write things in newspapers about me that aren’t true – or that are true. They take pictures of my kids on the way to school. I get a little bit inured to it in a way that I think most people probably aren’t.

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman’s life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.

I don’t see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you’re probably going to invest in somebody who’s going to deceive you. I’ve been conned a couple of times, but now I’m a little more savvy.

Honestly, I’m always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

We have our phones right by our beds, right next to us in our most exposed, vulnerable moments. And yet the government could have been collecting information from our phones at any moment. I think that basically as humans, we feel that’s a violation.

You’re not going to do good work if you’re not choosing something because it inspires you.

I was thinking about how people were upset about the information that came out from Snowden about the NSA – many people were upset, including myself. But I was kind of surprised by how little we did about it – how little fighting we did.

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don’t feel despairing at all. And I’m more looking with hope for something fascinating.