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

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

There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

- Maggie Gyllenhaal

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

- Maggie Gyllenhaal

Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing.

- Maggie Gyllenhaal

Having an education is invaluable.

- 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." …

- 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.

- Maggie Gyllenhaal