Maggie Gyllenhaal
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There are a substantial number of people who are having lots of se... FRITZ WENTZEL LANA WACHOWSKI DREW GODDARD KEVIN SPACEY ALAN BALL MEGAN FOX NATALIE PORTMAN There are more Latino movies, made by Latino filmmakers and more people interested in Latino cinema. ETHAN VAN THILLO CHARLTON HESTON STEVE MARTIN GERARD BUTLER LYLE LOVETT DREW GODDARD DREW GODDARD ALDOUS HUXLEY JOSH RADNOR It's a big problem for American movies that all their movies are produced to be global. TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful. BILL CONDON MIKE BINDER PIERCE BROSNAN KIRSTEN DUNST Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the wa... RACHEL PERRY RICK MORANIS MICHEL FABER GRAYDON CARTER RIDLEY SCOTT VIGGO MORTENSEN MARK BOAL SHIRLEY MANSON PATRICIA HIGHSMITH WILLIAM GLASSER CARRIE PRESTON ALFONSO CUARON ELI ROTH All movies are good if we are attentive to the social message that it conveys often in a subdued ton... ANUJ SOMANY MONICA BELLUCCI W. C. FIELDS ARIEL LEVY That's always a fun thing to play, a relationship where there's equals. I often play roles t... LAILA ROBINS It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or... DAKOTA FANNING It's great that people are interested in Mars. JACK SCHMITT GAEL GARCIA BERNAL JOSS WHEDON JERRY DELLA FEMINA STEVE MARTIN There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', tha... TATIANA DE ROSNAY The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc... BARRY LEVINSON I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a ... DANIEL HANDLER RYAN GOSLING DENIS VILLENEUVE The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going ... BRUCE VILANCH AVRIL LAVIGNE All my cousins are almost old enough to start seeing my movies. I'm going to have some 'spla... EVAN GOLDBERG TIMOTHY OLYPHANT I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others. D. A. PENNEBAKER We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generall... JAMES MANGOLD Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex. YASMINE BLEETH JESSICA BIEL PIERCE BROSNAN I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it. ALEX WINTER Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to ref... NAOMI WATTS AMBER HEARD Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the... RICKY WHITTLE I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice. PEDRO ALMODOVAR MONICA BELLUCCI Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going ... JACK WAGNER I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting ro... ELIZABETH MERIWETHER If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who ... ZACH GALLIGAN GLORIA ALLRED I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting... CLARE BALDING BOB SEGER IAN MCKELLEN BEN HECHT It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you h... JUDY GREER I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, ... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy tha... ALLISON ANDERS PATRICE LECONTE Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'yo... BOB SAGET You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successfu... PIA ZADORA Over the past few years, romances have gotten sexier. And with the advent of 'Sex and the City' and ... LIATE STEHLIK Psychological horror I've always appreciated, like 'Rosemary's Baby.' The slasher mo... JOHN CARROLL LYNCH AISHA TYLER RYAN GOSLING SUE TOWNSEND HELEN MIRREN Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money. DARREN SHAN
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You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally impor... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL We were lounging around in this beautiful house in LA, and I'm coming from NY, so sometimes when... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the ... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Some... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, ... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly bu... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you'... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling th... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of t... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me co... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Having an education is invaluable. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challe... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the l... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion maj... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communica... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest ... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL You're invited to tons of parties, and you'll wear these shoes and that dress, and it can be enticin... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL [He's making] a memorial service, honoring what happened. That is how it feels. ... It's all these f... MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I'm excited to be a part of this important project. Will and John are genuine heroes and I think the... 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MAGGIE WILLIAMS I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from po... MAGGIE WILLIAMS I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupa... MAGGIE WILLIAMS I just have this thing about injustice. Everybody hates the big injustices - I know. But I hate even... MAGGIE WILLIAMS If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali cloth... MAGGIE WILLIAMS I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a Ne... MAGGIE WHEELER When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they shoul... MAGGIE WHEELER I met a woman who went through a very difficult personal crisis, and she was really bed-ridden for a... MAGGIE WHEELER MAGGIE GALLAGHER My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about... 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MAGGIE SIFF As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?' MAGGIE SIFF A day on a film set is maddening. MAGGIE SIFF Im not your biggest girly girl. MAGGIE SIFF I enjoy heroines who grow and come into their own during the course of a story. MAGGIE SHAYNE Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a r... MAGGIE SHAYNE To me, romance and suspense go hand in hand. What's more suspenseful than wondering how two wond... MAGGIE SHAYNE How is Maggie Rowe compensating for her decision to not have a child? Is what she is doing instead e... MAGGIE ROWE I have slavishly dedicated myself to the construction of an image that nobody but me sees. Nobody bu... MAGGIE ROWE I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged. MAGGIE ROWE I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. B... MAGGIE ROWE In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I ... MAGGIE ROWE My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all reli... MAGGIE ROWE I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so ba... MAGGIE ROWE When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed... MAGGIE ROWE I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord. MAGGIE ROWE My parents were wonderful Christians. They were religious, but they were not fanatical in any way. I... MAGGIE ROWE I continued to suffer from anxiety and obsessive thoughts, although the thoughts stopped centering o... MAGGIE ROWE Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the ... MAGGIE ROWE Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For ye... MAGGIE ROWE There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of hi... MAGGIE ROWE The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral - whether you were kind, brave... MAGGIE ROWE The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onio... MAGGIE ROWE 'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.... MAGGIE ROWE MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q MAGGIE Q I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a li... MAGGIE LAWSON I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball. MAGGIE LAWSON William Shatner just reeks of cool. MAGGIE LAWSON I grew up in Kentucky, so we do not have a pro team. My family was split between the Cubs and the Re... MAGGIE LAWSON Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world. MAGGIE LAWSON MAGGIE KUHN MAGGIE KUHN MAGGIE KUHN MAGGIE KUHN MAGGIE KUHN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN MAGGIE HASSAN
Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I ... 
There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what the... 
There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there... 
A movie that's about other horror movies isn't interesting. A movie about who we are, is. 
When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats t... 
If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do... 
Maybe there are people who are gamers who haven't seen movies I have made, or the movies I have ... 
I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do... 
I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this busi... 
There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're... 
The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is... 
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's ... 
It's always more interesting to make a movie about what is relevant in your society. What's ... 
Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's no... 
It's not like vampires are inherently bad. It's just people need to make better vampire movi... 
An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex. 
I don't think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who... 
Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. The... 
There's always been product placement in Bond movies. 
In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are pavin... 
There are fans of some of the old movies that'll mention those, and there's people that have... 
Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.”
I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everythin... 
Scaring someone's the hardest thing to do, and that's why most of these scary movies are not... 
Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opi... 
Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. T... 
I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with peopl... 
I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Itali... 
Sex is on the minds of most people, especially those who shouldn't be having it. 
'That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally... 
It's a cliche, but Americans are puritanical. In their movies, they are scared of sex, but they ... 
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around h... 
I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared ab... 
Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it. 
People sometimes tells me that they're baffled by bisexuality. They are convinced that having sex wi... 
It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies. 
Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole w... 
There's something that goes on in a new-business meeting that's wonderful to watch. It's... 
There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of... 
I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, ... 
My movies are very often violent and dark, but there's a spectrum of light, and that light is co... 
People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? ... 
There's so many great Western films. Let's see, 'Red River,' any of those Henry Fond... 
It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, bu... 
Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice. 
I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the '... 
Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all... 
There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's ... 
Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983? 
There's no sex in Middle Earth. 
People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less cr... 
You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people ... 
I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of th... 
Most movies, you have to try and forget you're making a movie, because there are trailers and bo... 
I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always ge... 
Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They... 
It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when t... 
One role blends into the next role. I mean, there's strange idiosyncrasies from roles that I pla... 
Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action her... 
When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's ... 
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's... 
Black America knows better than anyone else the high price children pay for the sexual agendas of ad... 
A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the w... 
In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics. 
This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to g... 
When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting. 
It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, ... 
I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than on... 
Sometimes you're famous before you're good. 
I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think ... 
By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young. 
When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. 
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. 
The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and goo... 
Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flo... 
Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax. 