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I remember people saying, Believe me, everything in your life is going to change... And I thought, Why? That's such a bourgeois way of thinking. And then you have a child and yes, everything changes. It affects the way we live, what we do, and where we go - everything. And I wouldn't have in any other way.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 16
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Margaret Ruth Gyllenhaal
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