I Don't Think I'm Sharp Enough To

I Hope I'm A Spiritual Person. I'm Trying To Be A Spiritual Person.

I Promise That, One Day, Everything's Going To Be Better For You.

I Also Think Within The Scene, A Specific Scene - If I Were To Play A Part That I Played 10 Years Ago Now, My Interpretation Of That Scene Would Be Totally Different. I Would Be Making Different Choices. Because I Can't Somehow Subtract All Of The Experiences That I've Had In My Life. And It's Fascinating To See, Because Somewhere I'm Very Reflective In That. You Know, I've Been Playing Basically Actually Close To 40 Years Old, So I'm Somewhere Lost In Age In This Movie. But It's Been Fascinating To See That I Can't Subtract That Time.

I'm A Very Political Person, And I Make Political Choices In My Movies.

As Uta Hagen Would Say, There's The Representational Actor And The Presentational Actor. My Sister [maggie Gyllenhaal] Came Up To Me Recently After She Saw This Movie, Southpaw, The Movie I Did, And She Thought There Was This Exploration Of That Type Of Presentation, And A Bit Of Representation As Well, If I Could Be Totally Honest, Where She Was Deeply Moved.