Maggie Gyllenhaal ,quotes

Ten years ago, it was really ...

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

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I feel so gratified about hav...

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.

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There was something to me tha...

There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.

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I get magnetically pulled tow...

I get magnetically pulled towards a project because there's something in it that offers me the opportunity to explore the edge of my understanding about myself.

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Motherhood brings you to your...

Motherhood brings you to your knees in a way that doesn't leave room for you to judge others. It makes you see that there's no ideal - a constant struggle, constantly compromising, but ultimate love.

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A big part of being an actres...

A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.

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I was always dressing up as a...

I was always dressing up as a kid. I had a dress for all the Los Angeles bar and bat mitzvahs that I was going to when I was 13 which I was crazy for. It was green, dark, shimmery. Very 1980s. It was slightly off-the-shoulder, which I thought was very sophisticated.

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The older I get, the more vul...

The older I get, the more vulnerable I get. But the part of me that resists that, that is stubborn and wants to bulldoze things, gets in my way.

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I'm still trying to figure ou...

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

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I don't think I'm a brilliant...

I don't think I'm a brilliant writer, but I'm a good writer, and it's just so empowering to get involved.

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I studied English literature;...

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.

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I think sex is very interesti...

I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.

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Most people are interested in...

Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.

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I feel there is no shortage o...

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

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We were lounging around in th...

We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I'm coming from NY, so sometimes when we weren't working I would just sit on those folding chairs.

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When I was in grade school in...

When I was in grade school in L.A., I really loved Cyndi Lauper. I did everything I could to look like her. I had wild outfits and always wore different coloured socks. I wore loads of ribbons in my hair and let them fall in my eyes.

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When you are in every scene o...

When you are in every scene of a movie - which I must say I really much prefer - you have more control over the film that you're making. Because the choices you make as an actor can't help but change what the movie is saying.

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I want to have some effect on...

I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made.

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I don't see that many movies ...

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.

Maggie Gyllenhaal 10.08.2025 21:10:33 77 quotes

I think Secretary's funny, it...

I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things.

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