If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

I've done it a number of times. They have two daughters. Sarsgaard is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State the biographical film Kinsey (2004) the drama The Dying Gaul (2005) and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005) Jarhead (2005) Orphan (2009) Knight and Day (2010) and the superhero film Green Lantern (2011). Sarsgaard has also appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth Laura Dennis and Burn This. Sarsgaard appeared in the off-Broadway production of Uncle Vanya in January 2009.