Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I don't like allegories.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
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There should be no censorship of mail.
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There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before.
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"The moon is more useful than the sun." "Why?" he was asked. "Because at night we need the light more."
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I'm not as open as I used to be. I'm a little bit more filtered, and it kind of sucks, but it's the price you pay to get paid.
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A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.
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People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'
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Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.
