Maggie Gyllenhaal

Wow.

It was a total wild departure for her.

I think she might be one of the only people to direct their first film as a grandmother.

Wow.

Yeah.

It's like exercising.

Just get your clothes on.

If you have your exercise clothes on and you don't exercise, then you really fucked up.

But you were asking me if I always wanted to be a director.

I don't think so.

I think I... To be honest, I don't even...

I didn't even allow myself to fantasize or imagine that it was a possibility for a long time.

I mean, there weren't any other women doing it.

I mean, there were, but I wasn't cool enough to know about, like, Agnes Varda when I was in high school, you know?

I mean, I really... The people who were really doing great stuff on film were actresses, at least from my perspective.

And I looked up to so many people who were...

you know, totally expressing themselves and being incredible, but I didn't see a lot of directors.

And then...

I played a director on TV.

I mean, I played a porn director on The Deuce.