I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really.
Maggie GyllenhaalI said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.
Maggie GyllenhaalI am looking for movies that are actually about something and that are questioning something. Movies that are provocative in some way and I am also looking for roles that I think will force me to grow or learn something about myself or the world in order to play them well.
Maggie GyllenhaalYou have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.
Maggie GyllenhaalI've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look around the room at the women here and I think about the performances that I've watched this year, what I see actually are women who are sometimes powerful and sometimes not. Sometimes sexy and sometimes not. Sometimes honourable and sometimes not. And what I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary and it's what turning me on.
Maggie Gyllenhaal