Post by Sasha4Jake on May 26, 2011 5:20:09 GMT -5
Here is another one, similar to the one I posted yesterday, but you can tell that this one has been done by a guy:
DO-GOODER OF THE WEEK
Whether he believes in fate and what he would do if he had only 8 minutes to live? Us he told.
The thing with Jake Gyllenhaal is: some think he is a sleeping pill while others get weak knees because of his bedroom eyes. Fact is: the Hollywood star is a good man. He loves his family, has a tendency toward spiritual things and is so balanced that it almost hurts. Even if he has little love for journalists because he does not like to talk about himself and always fears to be mistaken – Jake remains polite and endures questions with a Buddha smile.
As just now, in Berlin. Gyllenhaal is dressed casually, looks like the guy next door. 5 o’clock shadow, jeans and a black sweater – under which a proper biceps shows, most likely still from the training for “Prince of Persia”. Funny really, for being such a gentle person, Jake appears in two-fisted action movies pretty damn often. Like his newest one: “Source Code” deals with a soldier who keeps getting placed into another mans body over and over. He has got 8 minutes, and then he dies. In these 8 minutes he is supposed to prevent an attack on the train.
Seitenblicke (SB): What would you do in real lie if you knew you had only 8 minutes to live?
Jake Gyllenhaal: (JG): Ironically something I do almost every day anyways: I would call my family. Most likely I would joke and laugh with them. And hopefully I would not be annoyed as it sometimes happens when I talk to my mom or my sister – you know, sometimes family can get on your nerves a bit! (Laughs) In any case it would be important for me to go with a smile. I am a Buddhist, well not frenetic, just a bit, I like the attitude. And Buddha always smiled so a last smile would be really important for me.
SB: If you could get into another man’s body, not for 8 minutes but a whole day – who would it be?
JG: Oh boy, that’s a tough one. The movie is not about body switching. It is more than that. But all right, let’s play this game: I would use the possibilities to do something good. Just imagine: I could prevent the deadly attacks on John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King! What would happen if I could warn Abraham Lincoln: “Hey, you better don’t visit that theatre!” (Laughs) What influence might that have on the course of history? But then I would immediately be gone again. I don’t believe I can lead an entire nation! I just would want to warn these luminaries.
SB: What else was appealing in shooting this movie?
JG: This is a man who was a hundred percent sure who and what he is and he is basically reborn and has to come to terms with his new identity. That was fascinating for me. Then really everyday life is quite similar for us. Through the experiences we make our personality changes over the years. Well and then there’s the story with the girl…
SB: Which was appealing too?
JG: Sure. After all my character, who keeps taking on this other humans identity over and over again, has to try and get a date with the same woman 8 times! (Laughs) And even that is a reference to reality: sometimes that happens. And if you do ask a woman out on a date – that can feel like walking through a mine field. That takes a lot of courage! (Laughs)
SB: Do you regret something in your past? Is there something you would like to be able to change?
JG: Oh, I regret a lot of things in my life. That’s what happens when you turn 30. But every mistake I made has also made me a better human being. Without these mistakes I would not be who I am today. That’s why I would never ever want to go back and change the course of things.
SB: Do you believe in fate?
JG: Yes. I do see it from a spiritual perspective. The fate of the world runs by a higher plan which is anchored within each one of us. We can only try to listen to it – and by that listen to ourselves. And hopefully that will allow us to make the world a better place.
SB: How was it to turn 30 a couple of months ago? Was it something special or just a birthday like any other?
JG: Somehow it seems to be a big deal for everyone. (Laughs) And naturally it was important for me as well. A turning point. Sometimes I think back to the time when I shot “Donnie Darko” which turned into a cult movie and made me known. Ten years have gone by since, a decade. Back then I was 20, unsure and didn’t really know who I really am. I have learned a lot since. It’s overwhelming what has happened since, a real privilege. I have matured and gotten self-confident. Your twenties count like dog years. For every real calendar year you make experiences for a full seven years. I am really curious what the thirties will hold in store for me.
Captions:
Gyllenhaal got famous with the drama “Brokeback Mountain” (with Heath Ledger) which also got him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He won the BAFTA Award for it.
Further successful movies were “Jarhead”, “Zodiac”, “Prince of Persia” (right) and “Love and Other Drugs”.
His ex girlfriends: Jake seems to have a thing for blond women with pointy chins. From 2002 to 2004 he dated Kirsten Dunst, 2007 to 2009 Reese Witherspoon (left). Lately he had been allied with Taylor Swift (right).
DO-GOODER OF THE WEEK
Whether he believes in fate and what he would do if he had only 8 minutes to live? Us he told.
The thing with Jake Gyllenhaal is: some think he is a sleeping pill while others get weak knees because of his bedroom eyes. Fact is: the Hollywood star is a good man. He loves his family, has a tendency toward spiritual things and is so balanced that it almost hurts. Even if he has little love for journalists because he does not like to talk about himself and always fears to be mistaken – Jake remains polite and endures questions with a Buddha smile.
As just now, in Berlin. Gyllenhaal is dressed casually, looks like the guy next door. 5 o’clock shadow, jeans and a black sweater – under which a proper biceps shows, most likely still from the training for “Prince of Persia”. Funny really, for being such a gentle person, Jake appears in two-fisted action movies pretty damn often. Like his newest one: “Source Code” deals with a soldier who keeps getting placed into another mans body over and over. He has got 8 minutes, and then he dies. In these 8 minutes he is supposed to prevent an attack on the train.
Seitenblicke (SB): What would you do in real lie if you knew you had only 8 minutes to live?
Jake Gyllenhaal: (JG): Ironically something I do almost every day anyways: I would call my family. Most likely I would joke and laugh with them. And hopefully I would not be annoyed as it sometimes happens when I talk to my mom or my sister – you know, sometimes family can get on your nerves a bit! (Laughs) In any case it would be important for me to go with a smile. I am a Buddhist, well not frenetic, just a bit, I like the attitude. And Buddha always smiled so a last smile would be really important for me.
SB: If you could get into another man’s body, not for 8 minutes but a whole day – who would it be?
JG: Oh boy, that’s a tough one. The movie is not about body switching. It is more than that. But all right, let’s play this game: I would use the possibilities to do something good. Just imagine: I could prevent the deadly attacks on John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King! What would happen if I could warn Abraham Lincoln: “Hey, you better don’t visit that theatre!” (Laughs) What influence might that have on the course of history? But then I would immediately be gone again. I don’t believe I can lead an entire nation! I just would want to warn these luminaries.
SB: What else was appealing in shooting this movie?
JG: This is a man who was a hundred percent sure who and what he is and he is basically reborn and has to come to terms with his new identity. That was fascinating for me. Then really everyday life is quite similar for us. Through the experiences we make our personality changes over the years. Well and then there’s the story with the girl…
SB: Which was appealing too?
JG: Sure. After all my character, who keeps taking on this other humans identity over and over again, has to try and get a date with the same woman 8 times! (Laughs) And even that is a reference to reality: sometimes that happens. And if you do ask a woman out on a date – that can feel like walking through a mine field. That takes a lot of courage! (Laughs)
SB: Do you regret something in your past? Is there something you would like to be able to change?
JG: Oh, I regret a lot of things in my life. That’s what happens when you turn 30. But every mistake I made has also made me a better human being. Without these mistakes I would not be who I am today. That’s why I would never ever want to go back and change the course of things.
SB: Do you believe in fate?
JG: Yes. I do see it from a spiritual perspective. The fate of the world runs by a higher plan which is anchored within each one of us. We can only try to listen to it – and by that listen to ourselves. And hopefully that will allow us to make the world a better place.
SB: How was it to turn 30 a couple of months ago? Was it something special or just a birthday like any other?
JG: Somehow it seems to be a big deal for everyone. (Laughs) And naturally it was important for me as well. A turning point. Sometimes I think back to the time when I shot “Donnie Darko” which turned into a cult movie and made me known. Ten years have gone by since, a decade. Back then I was 20, unsure and didn’t really know who I really am. I have learned a lot since. It’s overwhelming what has happened since, a real privilege. I have matured and gotten self-confident. Your twenties count like dog years. For every real calendar year you make experiences for a full seven years. I am really curious what the thirties will hold in store for me.
Captions:
Gyllenhaal got famous with the drama “Brokeback Mountain” (with Heath Ledger) which also got him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He won the BAFTA Award for it.
Further successful movies were “Jarhead”, “Zodiac”, “Prince of Persia” (right) and “Love and Other Drugs”.
His ex girlfriends: Jake seems to have a thing for blond women with pointy chins. From 2002 to 2004 he dated Kirsten Dunst, 2007 to 2009 Reese Witherspoon (left). Lately he had been allied with Taylor Swift (right).
