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Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening or what I'm feeling when I'm actually listening.

Jake Gyllenhaal

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Jake Gyllenhaal
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: December 19
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Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
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