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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#actress #artistic #being #big #entitled

Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#books #conversation #good #good book #listens

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

#about #also #analyze #anything #articulate

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

#feel #found #i #i feel #interesting

I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#english #english literature #i #independent #literature

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. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#fantasy #i #i think #interested #interesting

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

Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#connected #especially #everyone #getting #having

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