Hollywood heavyweight Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by on the final day of the Dubai Film Festival to pick up the International Star of the Year award from Variety.
Hosting an In Conversation event at Madinat Theatre, the 34-year-old celebrity kept his cool amid waves of fervent adoration, forced to declare his love for one fan, and accepting a homemade artwork celebrating his most famous movie quotes from another. In between these fits of devotion, Gyllenhaal offered a reflective, one-hour talk on his craft and career, which includes roles in Jarhead, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac, Nightcrawler and Southpaw.
Coming from such a creative family, was it ever an option to be a doctor or a lawyer?
My grandparents were doctors. My grandfather saw me in a play once and afterwards asked me, “So when are you going to get a real job?”
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