Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Margaret Mead
Bernard Williams
Thomas Jefferson
Ellen Glasgow
John Irving
Swami Vivekananda
All authors
Today's birthdays
1732 - George Washington
1857 - Robert Baden-Powell
1820 - Christian Nestell Bovee
1788 - Arthur Schopenhauer
1864 - Jules Renard
1971 - Lea Salonga
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Mathematician
Celebrity
Actor
Businessman
Chef
Athlete
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
Jake Gyllenhaal
American
Actor
Born:
Dec 19
,
1980
Every
Love
Me
People
Think
You
Related authors:
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Kevin Hart
Mr. T
Orson Welles
Shia LaBeouf
Tom Hanks
Will Rogers
Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Life
You
Yourself
People
Try
Rest
Says
Except
Within
Encourage
Going
Listen
Anybody
Want
Then
Your
Who
Keep
Keep Going
Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Man
Every
Thinking
Guy
Through
Attracted
Period
Another
Goes
Every Man
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
Respect
People
Will
Guides
Mentor
Opinions
Lot
Turn
Really
Who
Whose
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
Work
You
Opportunities
Blessed
Same Thing
Busy
Habit
Had
Attention
Terms
Am
Lot
Get
Same
Anything
Which
Certain
Paying
Thing
I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Man
Woman
Important
Every
Think
Right Man
Find
Right
Every Man
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
Strange
Will
Go Away
Never
Picked
Blends
Idiosyncrasies
Go
Up
Role
Roles
Mean
Next
Away
Play
Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Time
Myself
Good
Seriously
Good Time
Too
Take
Like
Contrary
Really
Popular
Belief
It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when they don't say 'for an actor,' I feel like that's the implication. Why are the standards so low for performers?
Jake Gyllenhaal
Me
You
People
Down
Earth
Say
People Say
Bothers
Feel
Implication
Performers
Like
Oh
Low
Standards
Down To Earth
Even
Actor
Why
Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Me
You
Walk
Mind
Every
Thinking
Everything
Once
Possibility
Scene
Deliver
Never
Over
Like
Said
Got
Exhaust
Up
Get
Any
Just
After
Place
Again
Regrets
Certain
Pops
Cooper
Chris
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
Nature
Me
Natural
Strong
Sister
Brother
Protect
Am
Very
Just
Being
Order
Wanting
Little
Little Brother
Natural Order
Inherently
Things
The last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall. It's spelled with two l's, two a's. We have a song in my family; G-Y-Double L - EN - HAAL spells Gyllenhaal. It's a Swedish name. It's a family heirloom set to music.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Music
Family
Song
Spells
Name
Swedish
Last
Two
Set
Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Me
Perspective
Films
Approach
Way
Given
Different
Theater
Different Perspective
In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Work
Field
Everything
Never
Always
Leave
Any
Regrets
I don't think you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules. I think respect is a very important thing, but I also think what we discover along the way is really important.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Art
You
Respect
Important
Think
Approach
Way
Rules
Boundaries
Along
Piece
Also
Important Thing
Discover
Very
Any
Really
Thing
I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Beautiful
Family
World
Complicated
Most Beautiful
Important
Own
Think
Most
Beautiful Thing
Most Beautiful Thing
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
The Most Important
Your
Thing
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
Life
Time
Will
My Life
Big
Spend
Say
Something
Small
My Time
Make
Doing
Go
Continue
Big Movie
Going
Want
Movie
Means
Wasting
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
You
World
Money
Made
Living
Say
Something
Like
Make
Because
Am
Doing
Lot
Want
Movie
Movies
Why
If you're going to spend seven months of your life - for me seven months, for Roland Emmerich, 3, 4, 5 years of his life - doing something, I think you have to have something to say.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Life
Me
You
Think
Seven
Spend
Months
Say
Something
Doing
His
Years
Going
Your
It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Funny
Me
People
Dog
Coffee
Other
Find
Park
Walking
Getting
Interesting
Really
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
Sex
Men
Sheep
On-Screen
Sexual
Ang
Pretty
About
Having
More
Kissing
Clearly
Talking
Said
Material
Were
Than
Just
Screen
Movie
Far
Challenging
Herding
Two
Recently
I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Family
Gay
Man
Every
Thinking
Our
Guy
Through
Attracted
Period
Well
Couples
Another
Were
Up
Friends
Close
Close Friends
Goes
Where
Grew
Many
Every Man
When I was young, before school, my father would wake me up and we would go running together. A love of being physical, being active and being outside was something he instilled in me.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Love
Me
Together
School
Father
Before
Young
Active
Would
Running
Physical
Something
Outside
He
Instilled
Go
Wake
Up
Being
I'm open to whatever people want to call me.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Me
People
Whatever
Open
Call
Want
Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Seriously
Care
Take
Take Care
Conditioning
Yes
Body
I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Trust
Overall
Know
Been
Times
Want
Many
Right
Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action hero and to jump around, running off walls and fighting and having great quippy lines.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Great
Walls
Hero
Fighting
Action
Awesome
Great Fun
Running
Having
Like
Prince
Around
Lines
Off
Jump
Persia
Movie
Working
Action Hero
Fun
Load more quotes
No more Jake Gyllenhaal quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Kevin Hart
Mr. T