Maggie Gyllenhaal Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Having an education is invaluable.”

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

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

“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.”