Jake Gyllenhaal on the Lesson He Learned From Heath Ledgers Death
When Jake Gyllenhaal's Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger died unexpectedly in 2008, Gyllenhaal says it had a huge emotional impact on him. In an interview with People and Entertainment Weekly, Gyllenhaal said, "Personally, it affected me in ways I can't necessarily put in words or even would want to talk about publicly.", "In terms of professionally," he said, "I think I was at an age where mortality was not always clear to me." Gyllenhaal noted that it helped him understand that fame was fleeting "None of the attention or synthesized love that comes from the success of a film really matters at all. What matters is the relationships you make when you make a film, and the people you learn from when you're preparing for a film. That changed a lot for me.", People