Maggie Gyllenhaal Quotes

You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you go into acting, in which case you have to act fast before you realize it is something which you do not believe in.

For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It's about dedication and commitment and a passion.

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

You have to believe in what you do. Take something you truly believe in and go about it in an honest way.

What I don't want to do is go out there and not be able to mean it, you know?

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

So I view acting as a thoroughly involved performance with the maximum of sincerity and devotion.

The actors I admire always have something to say, or a level of poetry, belief, activism or intelligence about what they do or how they feel.

I love to act, I've always wanted to be an actor. I think that acting and fiction go nicely together - being able to visualize language as something you perform, not just something that's there on the page.

If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real.

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.

I always hated the world "acting" - to say, "I'm an actor." It should be more like a believer.

Acting is telling the truth under imaginary circumstances. I cannot think of a worse way to describe acting. Also, I'm the worst liar ever.

I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.

I'd always thought that acting was, like, you had to work really hard, you had to change the way you walked, you talked, and all of that. But that's not acting. That's shmacting.

Anything that I do is something that I'm passionate about and really believe in, no matter how it turns out.

I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's so important to really study and know your craft.

Faith to me it’s believe without seeing, it’s how you live your life, how you are authentic.

It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that.

I am very passionate about being an actor, and I allow my passion to find its outlet in the work I do. I don't believe that it can be called perfection. It is true that when I am intensely passionate about my films, which I am, I don't leave any stone unturned and I put every ounce of my energy into that project.

Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.

The secret of success is doing things not merely because they are popular, but because you deeply believe in them.

I think a show can work anywhere if it's done honestly, with integrity, and with confidence.

Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.