Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that role and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom." I don't get it, and when I feel that way, I have to listen to my instinct. My initial instinct does lead me in a direction that I can trust.
To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
I don't even notice the advertisement that comes up on my screen. I'm a smart person and it's just something I've just blacked out because it doesn't… - Maggie Gyllenhaal
I don't even notice the advertisement that comes up on my screen. I'm a smart person and it's just something I've just blacked out because it doesn't…
There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.
I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.
I've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look around the room at the women … - Maggie Gyllenhaal
I've noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately. And when I look around the room at the women …
Having an education is invaluable. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Having an education is invaluable.
I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.
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." … - Maggie Gyllenhaal
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." …
Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing. - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing.
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