I like clothes. And I think it’s OK to think about clothes just so long as you also think about other things. I’m not interested in clothes to the point where they’ll push other things out of my mind; I just see them as a way of expressing yourself, and a pleasure, really. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
I was always dressing up as a kid. I had a dress for all the Los Angeles bar and bat mitzvahs that I was going to when I was 13 which I was crazy for. It was green, dark, shimmery. Very 1980s. It was slightly off-the-shoulder, which I thought was very sophisticated. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
I happen to be in a line of work where I get given lots of clothes, and I definitely think it’s fun, but I know that, ultimately, fashion is not that important. I use fashion, though, as a way of thinking about who I am. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
The older I get, the more vulnerable I get. But the part of me that resists that, that is stubborn and wants to bulldoze things, gets in my way. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
I used to think that if I did my very best work, then everyone would love it, but I’ve realised that not everybody thinks the same things are good. It took me 30 years even to begin to see that. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
When you are in every scene of a movie – which I must say I really much prefer – you have more control over the film that you’re making. Because the choices you make as an actor can’t help but change what the movie is saying. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
College gave me validation: I gained a lot of confidence, just from once or twice saying something in class and the professor saying, ‘Great idea.’ That experience has certainly helped me say to a director, ‘Actually, I think my idea is at least worth talking about.’ Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
After making ‘Secretary,’ it was a real shock to me to learn that some directors just aren’t interested in what actors have to say. They just don’t want to collaborate. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
Yes, I want to do good work. But just because a movie is small, it doesn’t make it better. In fact, there are a lot of really horrible independent movies made. Maggie Gyllenhaal Read Quote
