Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing. Maggie Gyllenhaal More Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal More Quotes From Maggie Gyllenhaal There are two ways to be cool: One is to be disinterested and make it seem like you must be doing something much more interesting than everybody else if you are this disinterested. The other is to be extremely interested. You are not trying to please anyone, but you are really invested are really focused. Maggie Gyllenhaal tryingtwointeresting I was thinking about how people were upset about the information that came out from Snowden about the NSA - many people were upset, including myself. But I was kind of surprised by how little we did about it - how little fighting we did. Maggie Gyllenhaal nsafightingthinking I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now. Maggie Gyllenhaal rolesrealinteresting If you're going to play a hooker in a movie, the movie has to have the perspective, of course, that it isn't such a great thing. Probably the only way to really play a hooker well is to believe you're doing something that's good. But at the same time, the movie can't have that point of view. Maggie Gyllenhaal viewsplaybelieve Every actor has to find space where they are free, in order to do good work. Maggie Gyllenhaal actorsspaceorder I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other. Maggie Gyllenhaal playtryingpeople These past couple of years have been about learning to not sabotage myself in a subtler way - for instance, even just by putting moisturiser on when I get out of the shower. Learning to honour myself and believing that I'm worth taking care of. Maggie Gyllenhaal couplebelievepast 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 motherhoodbelievechildren If I've learned anything as a mom with a daughter who's three, I've learned that you cannot judge the way another person is raising their kid. Everybody is just doing the best they can. It's hard to be a mom. Maggie Gyllenhaal daughtermominspiring I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact. Maggie Gyllenhaal challengestryingpeople You're invited to tons of parties, and you'll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticing, but I think it also sucks you dry. If you do it a little, sure, it's fun, but too much and you start to lose your footing. Maggie Gyllenhaal partyfunthinking A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6 or 11 to 5 and you get to have your whole morning and your whole evening. When you're doing the play, you have all day. Maggie Gyllenhaal eveningplaymorning I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text. Maggie Gyllenhaal abilitycollegefeels I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding. Maggie Gyllenhaal succeedtryingideas I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very intensely-that took me a long time to get over. Maggie Gyllenhaal girlprisonlong I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive. Maggie Gyllenhaal bitsseems I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things. Maggie Gyllenhaal keyssexthinking I really want my kids to feel, is that they can be themselves in the world. Maggie Gyllenhaal wantkidsworld You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you. Maggie Gyllenhaal good-workifsinspire Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy. Maggie Gyllenhaal hypecouplelittles
