122 Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That’s what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.

You’re invited to tons of parties, and you’ll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticing, but I think it also sucks you dry. If you do it a little, sure, it’s fun, but too much and you start to lose your footing.

I’m pretty good at indulging myself. I’m about to go travel for a week. I like to get massaged, go into steam rooms. I take care of myself.

If you’re going to play a hooker in a movie, the movie has to have the perspective, of course, that it isn’t such a great thing. Probably the only way to really play a hooker well is to believe you’re doing something that’s good. But at the same time, the movie can’t have that point of view.

I’m 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made feel angry, and then it made me laugh.

I’m playing somebody who is a recovering drug addict who got out of prison. It takes place in 2 weeks-the 1st 2 weeks I’m out of prison.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you’re doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

I think most human beings, even if you’re in a situation that’s constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.

I liked that idea. Someone who’s trying to perform herself and not succeeding.