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SFEnnisSF:
Jake is in the May issue of GQ talking about Heath's death...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-gq-cover-may-2010/
On how Heath’s death affected him: “I don’t really like talking about it. That period of time was…it was difficult. He was very sensitive. He didn’t always have a sense of performance in his everyday life. He knew who he was. I think actors very often, they know how to present something, and that’s part of their job. I think he was just really sensitive. We often used to do a lot of things together, because people were very interested in him and I think we felt safe together. Even when we did Brokeback and stuff, it was like my work was the only thing that mattered to me. It was like I could only understand or define myself through doing that. Life, I didn’t totally understand. And I think I was afraid of life. And I had success in my work, enough success that you could keep going back there. But after that happened…I think I recognized that it was work. And I recognized that this is for real.”
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on April 13, 2010, 09:05:20 pm ---Jake is in the May issue of GQ talking about Heath's death...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-gq-cover-may-2010/
On how Heath’s death affected him: “I don’t really like talking about it. That period of time was…it was difficult. He was very sensitive. He didn’t always have a sense of performance in his everyday life. He knew who he was. I think actors very often, they know how to present something, and that’s part of their job. I think he was just really sensitive. We often used to do a lot of things together, because people were very interested in him and I think we felt safe together. Even when we did Brokeback and stuff, it was like my work was the only thing that mattered to me. It was like I could only understand or define myself through doing that. Life, I didn’t totally understand. And I think I was afraid of life. And I had success in my work, enough success that you could keep going back there. But after that happened…I think I recognized that it was work. And I recognized that this is for real.”
--- End quote ---
Also:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/13/jake-gyllenhaal-in-gq-lif_n_535694.html
On being single again:
"It's...it's okay.... It goes in either direction. I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.... Who am I to say what the most important thing in life is? The best answer I could give to any of those things is that I really don't know. Particularly right now in my life."
On his parents' divorce:
"I think it takes a lot of courage for my parents to make the decision that they made, and I I trust both of them and their outlook on life. They're wonderful parents to me and my sister."
On his love for his family:
"Family ... my family, you know ... I love them ... whatever they do, whatever they are ... I love them ... you're actually going to make me cry..."
And:
http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201005/jake-gyllenhaal-photos?slide=9#slide=1
Jake Is Huge
Are you ready for Jake Gyllenhaal the action hero?
Story by Chris Heath Photographs by Peggy Sirota
May 2010
This month, Chris Heath talks to Jake Gyllenhaal about finding the perfect woman and how an indie-film boy became our next big action star. Pick up the May issue of GQ to read the complete story.
Cotton-blend suit, $1,885, by Prada. Shirt, $98, by J.Crew.
Tie, $85, by DKNY. Tie bar, $15, by The Tie Bar.
Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.
Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.
Jacket by Prada. Shirt by Spurr. Tie by Salvatore Ferragamo.
Tie bar by The Tie Bar. Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans.
Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Times Square, N.Y.C.
T-Shirt by The T by Joe's. Pants by Nice Collective.
Sneakers by Common Projects.
LOCATION: SPiN New York, 48 East 23rd Street, New York NY 10010
http://www.spinyc.com/
Trench coat by Dior Homme. Shirt and tie by Burberry Prorsum. Tie bar by The Tie Bar.
Jeans by Simon Miller Jeans. Shoes by Brooks Brothers.
LOCATION: Katz's Delicatessen, 205 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
(Please note, Jake is standing on a chair underneath a neon sign: Jake's Bar Mitzvah )
http://www.katzdeli.com/
Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange.
Pants by Nice Collective. Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/
Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange.
Pants by Nice Collective. Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/
Jacket by Rag & Bone. T-shirt by A|X Armani Exchange. Pants by Nice Collective.
Sneakers by Nike.
LOCATION: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002
http://www.economycandy.com/
Mikaela:
I guess it's fitting that when Jacke finally talks of Heath it's in a stream-of-consciousness manner - strangely, that seems to define Heath and his impact on friends and fans alike.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
From Jake Is Huge by Chris Heath, GQ Magazine, May 2010, pp 112-113:
(LOCATION: as conversations and narratives jump, this bit at the end of the article possibly may be "over dinner in an Italian restaurant in the basement of an old woman's prison in Montreal," which can only be Restaurant Da Emma, at 777, rue de la Commune Ouest, http://www.daemmarestaurant.com/ )
There is a famous scene in Brokeback Mountain where Ledger's and Gyllenhaal's characters jump together off a cliff into a river, both of them naked.
In reality, Ledger made the jump but Gyllenhaal did not. Originally the leap was to have been from a lower ledge, but Ledger wanted to go from right at the top. They were told how careful they would have to be, falling from that height, because they might hit the river's shallow bottom, and they were also warned of the hazards presented by the glacial water. Gyllenhaal realized he wasn't so sure about it. He had just been cast in Jarhead, and that shoot was starting soon. He knew that if he injured himself, he would lose the part. And he was comforted by a precedent; he remembered a story he had heard in his youth, about how Paul Newman, a family friend, hadn't actually made the leap in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He decided to let a stand-in jump in his stead.
I asked him whether Ledger didn't, after all they had been through together, say to him, "You're wimping out on this?"
"It's interesting--he never did say that. I would have loved for him to have said that."
Would it have made you feel bad?
"Maybe. Yeah, probably. But I was actually really, really proud of myself that I didn't do it. For me, it was a great triumph. You know, there's a pressure that people put themselves to not trust their instincts. You know, show the stunt guys I can do it, prove it to this person, prove it to that person. Who do I need to prove it to? And Heath didn't do it for any of those reasons--he did it because he wanted to jump."
Do you at all regret not doing it now?
"Yeah. But that's me now."
Aloysius J. Gleek:
From Jake Is Huge by Chris Heath, GQ Magazine, May 2010, page 110:
LOCATION:
Ravagh Persian Grill
11 E. 30th Street (near Fifth Avenue), New York, NY 10016 or,
possible second location: 1237 First Avenue (at 67th Street) New York, NY 10065
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/ravagh-persian-grill02/
http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/ravagh-2/menu
Between courses at the Ravagh Persian Grill in Manhattan (his choice), he pulls out from under his T-shirt the two chains that hang around his neck. Each has a ring at the end--one has a black diamond, the other a pendant of Saint Genesius, patron saint of actors--and he starts rolling them between his fingers. But he almost seems alarmed when I ask about them, as though he hasn't been aware of what he was doing. A diner from another table comes over.
"Can I say hi to you?" she asks.
"Yes, you can," he says.
"Oh, my gosh," she says, "You're my favorite."
"Oh no," he says. "Oh, don't say that. You say that to everybody."
"No!" she protests. "I love The Brokenback Mountain. I really did love it. I watched it three times."
Brokenback Mountain. Once she recedes, he turns to me and says, "You don't want to know the variations of that title." 4
[4]
A phenomenon less troubling, says Gyllenhaal, than the time a man came up to him in the supermarket and explained that he directed porn under the name Jonni Darrko. "I was like, "Thank you so much,'" Gyllenhaal says.
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