Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it.
I'm like, 'What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?
If you're going to spend seven months of your life - for me seven months, for Roland Emmerich, 3, 4, 5 years of his life - doing something, I think you have to have something to say.
It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.
Someone had got stung by a man-o-war once, and I peed on their leg. That's the extent of my lifeguard experience. That was it. It was a pretty tame beach in many ways.
The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive.
We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.
Jake, who is internationally viewed as a sex symbol, was officially made so when he made the list of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People 2006" Issue. He also made the list of People`s Hottest bachelors of 2006.
Jake has been linked to several famous women, including Natalie Portman and Olympic medalist Gretchen Bleiler.
Jake dated Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis in 2001.
Jake received his first driving lesson from Paul Newman.
Jake's favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. He named his dogs after the characters Atticus and Boo.
Jake graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School in 1998.
Jake had to learn how to horseback ride for his movie, Brokeback Mountain.
Lead singer Alex Greenwald lists Jake in his thank you's on Phantom Planet's album "The Guest."
Jake and Heath Ledger became fast friends while filming Brokeback Mountain together.
Although nominated for an Oscar, Jake left empty handed.
Jake and Keira Knightly have been seen together various times on dates.
Jake has sold one of the shirts he wore in Brokeback Mountain on Ebay for charity. The bidding went from $9.99 to $101,000. He plans to donate the proceeds to a California children charity.
Jake was awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for being the Best Suporting Actor (2006), for his role in Brokeback Mountain.
Jake claims Jennifer Aniston was his best on-screen kiss.
Jake was nominated for Best Supporting Actor--for his role in Brokeback Mountain--in the English Academy Awards.
Jake looks up to Sean Penn, Anthony Quinn, Paul Newman, Brace Springsteen, and Bono.
Jake is rumored to becoming a bit of a diva; he's taken to refusing to say the lines he doesn't like, and insisting that the writers change them.
Jake used to work as a lifeguard; a swimmer was stung by a jellyfish while he was on duty, and he helped them... by urinating on their leg!
Jake was nominated for an "Independent Spirit Award" for his role in Donnie Darko.
Jake proudly states that there was no body double used in Jarhead, in which he looks extremely buff.
To help promote his movie The Good Girl, Jake spoke to a class of students from UCLA Extension after they were treated to a screening of the movie.
Jake's father is of Swedish heritage and his mother is Jewish of Ashkenazi heritage.
Jake enjoys surfing.
Jake is six feet tall.
Jake's fans refer to themselves as "Gyllenhaalics."
Jake dropped out of Columbia University after two years to pursue acting. His sister Maggie also attended Columbia.
Jake auditioned for Moulin Rouge, along with Ewan McGreggor and Heath Ledger; Ewan eventually won the coveted lead role.
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