Maggie Gyllenhaal

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. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#effect #get #help #i #i can

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

#far #figure #go #i #line

On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#always #changing #clothes #constantly #either

Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#actress #ago #conversation #cool #difficult

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. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#beautiful #chairs #coming #folding #house

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. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#any #artist #believe #circumstances #director

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#choosing #going #good #good work #inspires