Maggie Gyllenhaal » Quotes

"I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive."

"It's my responsibility to see what we can move and change about these old-school feminist mantras."

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

"You're invited to tons of parties, and you'll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticing, but I think it also sucks you dry. If you do it a little, sure, it's fun, but too much and you start to lose your footing."

"Someone asked me why I didn't do teen movies or action movies, but I'm not interested in them."

"With everything I work on, I want to be put in a position that I have to be brave to do the project."

"These past couple of years have been about learning to not sabotage myself in a subtler way - for instance, even just by putting moisturiser on when I get out of the shower. Learning to honour myself and believing that I'm worth taking care of."

"I really hated charm school. I guess I'm just a little bit bad."

"There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative."

"I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life."

(On doing Homebody/Kabul) "To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important."

"I didn't act the way little kids do, I threw my whole self into it."

(About being the youngest actress on her film Casa de los babys (2003)) "I felt out of place and not listened to".

(On her new film Strip Search (2004) (TV)) "I think it's important to see. It's a real violation, and it forces people to get emotionally involved in something that's intellectual and political".

(referring to when she started acting) "Even in elementary school, I took it really seriously. I was always doing plays."