Top 21 Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.

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.

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.

I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made.

We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I'm coming from NY, so sometimes when we weren't working I would just sit on those folding chairs.

Having an education is invaluable.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

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.