I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.
Jake GyllenhaalIt's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.
Jake GyllenhaalWhen I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is ultimately I know how I feel about it and that's what matters to me the most.
Jake GyllenhaalI remember Chris Cooper saying to me - I was doing October Sky with him - and he said, "You know, you're just yelling at me." He's like, "You're just yelling. You need to listen." We were in a fight, and you know, oh you'd get so excited as an actor, you're like, "We have a fight, oh, I get to get mad." And he just said, "You need to listen." And I started listening - and then all of a sudden where I was listening was where, I don't know, anger became something else.
Jake GyllenhaalIn that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't make mistakes.
Jake GyllenhaalI think I'm generally - fear, fear is very still, so in terms of that kind of fear - there's so many different kinds of fear, but fear is something, particularly in movies, that's interesting, because it's created by the film maker, that was created by David Fincher, that's why he's brilliant.
Jake Gyllenhaal