Jake Gyllenhaal Talks Life, Heath Ledger and 'Prince of Persia'

PRINT E-MAIL MoreJake Gyllenhaal is upon the query to be each kind of actor, rather than any singular type, the shrewd Chris Heath posits in GQ's brand new cover story, 'Jake is Huge.' And y'know, you kinda have to agree. Gyllenhaal, starring in the no holds barred action flick 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' this May, is an American actress for the ages, the singular whose career has astounded thus far as well as is primed to stir up for decades more.

In GQ's feature, Gyllenhaal goes deep upon matters similar to his late crony as well as "creative partner" Heath Ledger, his childhood with film-industry relatives as well as the instrument which creates him feel alive.

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Gyllenhaal was the bulb for entertainment as the kid: "I would write in my diary, 'I adore my family... though you adore soccer more.'"

Remembering Heath Ledger: "We mostly used to do the lot of things together, because people were unequivocally meddlesome in him as well as you consider you felt safe together. He was unequivocally sensitive. He didn't regularly have the sense of opening in his bland life. He knew who he was. For such the critical actress as Heath was, he was funny funny. Dark funny, though funny."

Remembering Heath Ledger's death: "I do not unequivocally similar to talking about it. That period of time was ... it was difficult. When you did 'Brokeback' as well as stuff, it was similar to my work was the usually thing which mattered to me. It was similar to you could usually understand or conclude mysel! f throug h doing that. Life, you didn't totally understand. And you consider you was fearful of life. And you had success in my work, sufficient success which you could keep starting back there. But after which happened... you consider you recognized which it was work. And you recognized which this is for real. In retrospect, filming 'Brokeback' was only the unpleasant process. you do not consider any of us can watch it to this day. you recollect talking to Michelle [Williams] unequivocally recently as well as her being like, 'I didn't know if it was any great or not.'"

Figuring hold up out: "It's an bland struggle to be able to go, 'I'm starting to follow my own instincts -- I'm starting to try as well as hear my own heart, regardless...' We're removing pretty deep here. you mean, there have been things which you want in my life. You can censor in your work, you theory I'm saying, or you can be alive as well as free as well as live in your work. You can pretend the people which you're starting to work with for however many months have been starting to be the family that's starting to be forever. But the law is, they're not."

The instrument which creates him consider there's something special starting on: "Horns are, to me, the many certain instrument to contend there is something over where you are. In Mumford & Sons, at your convenience those horns come on, you feel similar to it's all starting to be okay. Life's all great -- for the whole world. Maybe that's sophomoric, though you unequivocally feel which in my heart. I'm in awe of musicians when they do that. you search for that."

Being single, after observant "The many critical thing for the male is to find the right woman" last time he was upon the cover of GQ: "It's... it's okay. It goes in either direction.! you con sider it's critical for each male to find the right lady as well as each lady to find the right man. ... Who am you to contend what the many critical thing in hold up is? The best answer you could give to any of those things is which you unequivocally do not know. Particularly right right away in my life."

Bulking up for 'Prince of Persia,' Jake downed the ton of coffee as well as appetite jelly for an impromptu bike float with Lance Armstrong: "I was half the wheel ahead of him, similar to you was kind of egging him on. you was only totally jacked upon caffeine."



How he approached 'Prince of Persia,' which he seems genuinely anxious about: "Like the singular of those Indiana Jones moments you had as the child. you regularly longed for to be Indiana Jones, only barely lift something off. Get away with it though have the tough time."

On removing into acting at such the young age: "I consider at first you was only ambitious. It was blind ambition. you longed for to be out there. you mean, you recollect watching my sister up onstage doing 'South Pacific' when you were kids as well as going, 'That looks similar to the f***ing lot of fun.' Was it attention? Probably, though you consider it was some-more the magic. It's magic, some of what happens in movies."

On his parents' divorce last year: "I consider it takes the lot of courage for my relatives to make the decision which they made, as well as you you certitude both of them as well as their opinion upon life. They're wonderful relatives to me as well as my sister."

Peter Sarsgaard (Jake's brother-in-law, tied together to Maggie Gyllenhaal) upon Jake as well as the quarrel upon the set of 'Jarhead': "The nice thing is, for Jake, he doesn't see carrying any argument as something which ruins the relationship. He sees it as something which could potentially assistance one. That's something you schooled from hi! m. I'm i ntensely close with him. He's basically my brother."

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