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Maggie Gyllenhaal

"On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly."

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"On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly."

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A.E. Samaan

"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

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A.E. Samaan

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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A.E. Samaan

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

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A.E. Samaan

"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."

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A.E. Samaan

"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

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A.E. Samaan

"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."

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A.E. Samaan

"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

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A.E. Samaan

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

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A.E. Samaan

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it."

Being

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I studied English literature; I took 2 independent religion classes, but I wasn't a religion major really."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now."

Woman

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"Having an education is invaluable."

Education

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6 or 11 to 5 and you get to have your whole morning and your whole evening. When you're doing the play, you have all day."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me."

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Maggie Gyllenhaal
"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."

Trust

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