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I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.
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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I don't have a I want to play this or that, I just don't have that. I've never been like that.
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