Quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal

About Jake Gyllenhaal:

Jacob Benjamin is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at the age of ten. Following his first lead role in October Sky (1999), he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. In 2002, he starred in another indie film, The Good Girl. In 2004, he appeared in the climate fiction-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event.
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I'm a harsh critic, you know? I am.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.

Jake Gyllenhaal

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.

Jake Gyllenhaal

One role blends into the next role. I mean, there's strange idiosyncrasies from roles that I play that I picked up that will never go away.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

Jake Gyllenhaal

The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there. And, if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get th...

Jake Gyllenhaal

We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I'm like, 'What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?

Jake Gyllenhaal

I am inherently a little brother - that's just my nature. It has to do with my sister being very strong and wanting to protect me. It's the natural order of things.

Jake Gyllenhaal

I have a mentor. I have... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.

Jake Gyllenhaal

My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

Jake Gyllenhaal

When you have a lot of opportunities, which I am blessed to have had in terms of my work, you get into the habit of not paying attention to certain specifics. And as we get busy, anything we do is the same thing.

Jake Gyllenhaal

In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Author Bio

  • NameJake Gyllenhaal
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • AliasesJacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal
  • BornDecember 19, 1980
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor