Maggie Gyllenhaal

I remember Jesse asked me, did you hear Kristen Stewart's interview?

And I went and listened to it.

And I was thinking about it in a lot of ways.

I was thinking about her idea that being an actor is submissive.

Very interesting idea.

And I was also thinking about

something that she said, which is that she hadn't heard of a method actor who's a woman.

And I know she didn't quite mean that.

I want to talk to her.

I don't know her very well.

But in fact, I just worked with Ellen Burstyn, who's 93, studied with Lise Drossberg and is absolutely a method actress.

I know that's not what Kristen meant.

I don't think that's what she meant in my watching it and interpreting it.

But I think what being a method actor, to me, because my teacher, this teacher I keep bringing up, also studied at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, is about bringing yourself into your work.

That's not exactly submissive.

And in my experience as an actress, I really had to learn to sometimes –

convince everyone I was being submissive and radically get my own artistic, just myself expressed.

Otherwise, like, why am I doing it?

You know?

And I think what I mean is that I think I came to a point at a certain point where I was like, I can't keep playing that game.