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Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.
Jake Gyllenhaal
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: December 19
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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
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My mom would always say this thing about writing - and I've taken it into account in a lot of things in my life - which is just, Make it shorter. Figure out what you are truly saying, whittle it down to the essence, then say that.
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I've become obsessed with learning other languages in movies, because I was like, since I was like, but I learned how to box so why don't I just learn another language for a movie?
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I'm superstitious a little bit.
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Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.
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I always find you go back to an animal it will always show you the sort of primal aspects of behavior. You always know how to respond if you choose that.
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The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive.
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Sometimes what I actually love to do is go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered.
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It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.
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I walk around thinking job to job, trying to not have regrets.
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To me I just, I'm a geek when it comes to cinematographers . And when it comes to Robert and when it comes to someone like Roger Deakins who shot Prisoners and he shot Jarhead.
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Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way.
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I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.
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