Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I don't get it, and when I feel that way, I have to listen to my instinct. My initial instinct does lead me in a direction that I can trust.
Maggie GyllenhaalMainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be one of five people. Hollywood makes many bad movies too, which I'm not interested in being a part of. But there are only a few good independent movies a year, and many, many bad ones. I want to be in good movies, and I want people to see them.
Maggie GyllenhaalSomeone who's 26, 27, has a very different relationship to sex than someone who's 30.
Maggie GyllenhaalActing is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe in.
Maggie Gyllenhaal