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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɑːl/; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

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I'm playing somebody who is a recovering drug addict who got out of prison. It takes place in 2 weeks-the 1st 2 weeks I'm out of prison.

1St, Drug, Prison, Recovering, Somebody, Week

There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.

Compelling, Interesting, Knowing, Pregnancy

People write things in newspapers about me that aren't true - or that are true. They take pictures of my kids on the way to school. I get a little bit inured to it in a way that I think most people probably aren't.

Kids, Newspapers, People, School, Writing

I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things.

Key, Keys, Sex, Talking, Things, Thinking

Some people would say you need what you need to work, but I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for me.

Easy, Littles, Movies, Needs, People, Tiny

I said to Ramona [my daughter] once. . . you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

Daughter, Looks, Internet, Said, Ramona

I would like to do a big movie that many, many people see but I just know I would be miserable if it didn't have something to it.

People, Would Be, Miserable, Know, See

Acting is really important to me, so I think it would be really hard for me to do something I didn't believe in.

Acting, Believe, Important, Think, Thinking

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.

Communication, Fantasy, Interested, Sex, Thinking, Version

We have our phones right by our beds, right next to us in our most exposed, vulnerable moments. And yet the government could have been collecting information from our phones at any moment. I think that basically as humans, we feel that's a violation.

Government, Humans, Moments, Phones, Think, Thinking

Sometimes things go really well, and sometimes they don't, and it's not ultimately the most important thing.

Important, Sometimes, Thing, Things, Ultimately, Wells

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

Forward, Move, Moving, Roles, World

Sometimes I'll read a script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that and make it seem like I'm not some kind of strange alien or on a sitcom. " I don't get it, and when I feel that way, I have to listen to my instinct.

Aliens, Instinct, Make, Strange, Think, Thinking

There are two ways to be cool: One is to be disinterested and make it seem like you must be doing something much more interesting than everybody else if you are this disinterested. The other is to be extremely interested. You are not trying to please anyone, but you are really invested are really focused.

Everybody, Extremely, Interesting, Please, Trying, Two

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

Found, Interesting, Real, Roles

I need very little to work, because I learned how to make movies on tiny movies. It's all kind of easy for me.

All Kinds, Easy, Kind, Make, Tiny

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.

Important, Movies, Power, Thinking, Works, World

One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of that anonymity and that secrecy, there aren't laws to regulate it.

Thinking, Government, Law, Think, Like, Problematic

I would like to have a home in the country that I could go to. First in this country and the other in the Mediterranean.

Country, Firsts, Home, Like

If you're going to play a hooker in a movie, the movie has to have the perspective, of course, that it isn't such a great thing. Probably the only way to really play a hooker well is to believe you're doing something that's good. But at the same time, the movie can't have that point of view.

Believe, Good, Play, Point, Time, Views

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