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I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I get to sort of communicate.

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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