Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
This means even more to me socially than artistically. It's just a pleasure to be a part of this movie and I can't even believe I've got this for it. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
I thought I was a long shot, but this was a role I was going to fight for. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
As an actor, it's a constant question of whether I will ever get hired again ... (but) this idea is so important, and if that meant for a couple of takes I was going to have to make out with some guy, then so be it, (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)
Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
If it does shed light on the idea that there's real love involved ... it's great. When two people love each other, they love each other. And people should hold on to it as hard as they can, whether it's homosexual or heterosexual. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
You get to see the actors put through the wringer. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
The idea that both a film and a book could be made about waiting and boredom, and make them entertaining, was pretty extraordinary, (Jake Gyllenhaal)
I think something more formulaic was expected. But this movie is not just about the experience of a soldier, but also of a human being. We live in a world that is not always full of action. (Jake Gyllenhaal)
And as an actor, you can go to those places of rage and aggression and feel those feelings, and have so much fun doing it. I think that's also part of what the armed forces harnesses. Every day, I woke up excited to go to work, even with an hour's sleep sometimes. (Jake Gyllenhaal)