Maggie Gyllenhaal on the emotional challenges of acting

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Maggie Gyllenhaal on the emotional challenges of acting

Maggie Gyllenhaal: [about her film SherryBaby] Obviously, I understood that all the things that happened in the movie were painful for her, but I didn’t let that into the work. Then all the terrible things I’ve had to go through surfaced after we’d finished shooting.

And I got over it. I don’t think I could play that part now. I don’t know that I could be okay with the things I had to be okay with in order to play her.

Continued on The Inner Actor

05.06.08 |
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