Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.

For me, honestly, I'm an actor. There's one thing I know how to do - act. And that's all I know how to do. Through our work, [actors] can trigger awareness.

Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.

I love acting, and doing it well matters to me.

I'm so not a performer, my drive to do [acting] is so different to other people - and I'm not discrediting that, they're born performers, they're people that you love to watch just be themselves. I like to be a little bit more in control. I like to make something.

I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's fun.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

Actors are a peculiar breed.

I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

Acting is so much fun. It is a different ball game and I want to concentrate on that at the moment. I'm really passionate about what I do. I love entertainment and telling stories to people and I am very lucky that I am doing what I want to do.

I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

Acting is different all the time. When you're on set, different films, or just even in between, it's never the same. I think that's one of the things I love about it.

The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one’s own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable.

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

As an actor, I feel like youre asked to live life as vibrantly as possible.

Being an actor is really odd. So, don't take that as your reality - take your family, take your friends, take your relationships - that's your reality. And hang on to them.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts.