Jake Gyllenhaal

“Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action hero and to jump around, running off walls and fighting and having great quippy lines.”

“The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive.”

“It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.”

“We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.”

“I love 'Training Day' - that's a great movie.”

“My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.”

“The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there. And, if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice.”

“I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.”

“Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.”

“My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.”

“I have a mentor. I have... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.”

“Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again.”

“I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world.”

“I'm open to whatever people want to call me.”

“In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.”

“I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'”

“I did a lot of background and research on 'End Of Watch,' and I definitely used certain skills that I learned.”

“I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major chords that are all over the place, and you're enjoying yourself with a great, simple melody.”

“I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.”

“Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.”