Jake Gyllenhaal talks about "Love and other drugs" at The 2010 New Yorker Festival on 2nd October 2010"Jake Gyllenhaal sat down with David Denby at SVA Theater 1 last night to discuss his past films and his newest, "Love and Other Drugs." Denby said that the scenes between Gyllenhaal and his love interest, played by Anne Hathaway, were "electrifying." "You may do for straight sex what you did for gay sex," he said.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton in "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010)"Gyllenhaal, twenty-nine, has played lovers to many. He took a moment to reflect on movie kissing and sex. "There is a weird sense of being watched," he said. "You can't help but watch yourself, which takes the sexiness out of it."
Ed Zwick, who directed the film, was also on hand, providing fortune-cookie insights into some of the darkest mysteries of Hollywood, a faraway land where "casting is love" and "sex is funny."
Asked what's in store for the future, Gyllenhaal admitted to having other interests.
"Paul Newman is someone who I admire," he says.
"I think I could make a really good salad dressing, too." Source: www.newyorker.com
