I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?
Jake GyllenhaalI have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we wouldn't consider overtly political are political. When we spend time doing anything, whether it's distraction or whether it's something that we have to face, it is always political. That's my belief.
Jake GyllenhaalWhen you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it.
Jake GyllenhaalI think I'm not in this work to not look at life as it is. I'm not in it to say, "I want to wear a mask and escape," you know. I want to know what's happening in the world, and I want to have it touch me in a way that I can do something, my little part like that, and have it somehow translate.
Jake Gyllenhaal