Jake Gyllenhaal - in his own words

[TOoP/Bruce]

We live in a sad time where actors are politicians & politicians are actors.

[TOoP/Bruce]

"First, it's 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?,' then it's 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal,'  then 'Get me someone who looks like Jake Gyllenhaal,'  and then 'Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?'...Right now, I'm between 'Who  is Jake Gyllenhaal?' and 'Get me Jake Gyllenhaal.'" [Gyllenhaal on the stages of fame in Hollywood]

[TOoP/Bruce]

"If you're going to dive in, dive into the deep end."

[TOoP/Bruce]

"I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work."

[TOoP/Bruce]

"... We use lines like " Love has no bounds," but that's become bulls***. For me, this is a story where that might actually be true. Hopefully." [Jake on the story of Brokeback Mountain]

[TOoP/Bruce]

"Well, I don't pick projects because I'm, like, "Oh my God, thats an amazing role." I pick projects because of what it's trying to say- I want to be a part of it, for the message." [Vitals Magazine]

[TOoP/Bruce]

"Hey, I was arrogant at times with him. And I was confused at times, and I hope, at least, humble at times. I mean, I'd just got run down in my own life so there was nothing else I could give but what I was feeling." [Jake on his relationship with Heath Ledger on the movie Brokeback Mountain, Elle Magazine]

[TOoP/Bruce]

"...Take a movie like Donnie Darko, which I always believed in. I just always fucking believed in it, the collaboration and the process of making it, and it completely paid off for me." [Vitals Magazine]

[TOoP/Bruce]

"I play a mathematician, which is ridiculous because I am horrible at math." [Jake talking about his role as Hal in Proof)

[TOoP/Bruce]

"I love to cook, I obsessed with cooking magazines." [Vitals Magazine]