The Hollywood Masters: Jake Gyllenhaal on "Brokeback Mountain" 

“Was it hard to play a gay character?” “Nah screw that, it was hard to deal with the horses”

One of the many Oscar tragedies is that this movie did not win Best Picture. A very large mistake and will more and more evident over time.

I can only watch brokeback mountain once in my lifetime because it hurts me so much to see Heather Ledger’s character be left alone. 😭

"I wish I knew how to quit you." One of the most iconic lines in American films. Profound in its stark rawness, despair, loneliness, longing and sadness. Heartbreaking that it took his own death for Jack to finally be able to quit Ennis. A powerful film about love lost, regret and loneliness that I have never been able to watch more than once - even after all this time. It is so unbearably painful, all the more so with Heath's death at such a young age. Beautiful men. Mesmerizing.

Such a beautiful man. Inside & out.

That movie made me cry like a baby. RIP Heath

it is sooooo refreshing to hear a free-minded and intelligent guy like Jake give his very honest and progressive views on a subject silly, childish, idiotic people have condemned for so many years resulting in a tortuous life for many innocent souls. When I hear someone like Jake Gyllenhaal who is totally confident of who HE is I think possibly, just possibly there may hope for humanity.

I saw that movie with my mom back in 2006, I came out the following day. Thanks Jake, you and Heath (bless his soul) were the final kick that helped open my closet's door. Merci

I watched this film last night. Cried my heart out. It is truly phenomenal, and really instills a sense of empathy in you. Just watching them live in so much fear and sadness and desperately wanting to be with each other makes you feel like you never want to be someone who condemns a love between two people. This movie is so devastating and beautiful. RIP Heath, I love you, and Jake, you're magic. If you haven't already, I recommend you watch it.

I love how open Jake is. His parents did a great job.

Nothing pretentious about him at all. Just genuine, inquisitive thought. I'm a fan.

“I wish I knew how to quit you!”

so many people misunderstand this movie and its characters. like, first of all, "i wish i knew how to quit you" is literally the most heartbreaking line in the most heartbreaking scene in the movie, and more than that the more memeable "high altitude fucks" line is in the same scene. not to mention "jack nasty" which the cast themselves had memed the fuck out of as they were promoting the movie. so, i wish that first line got laughed at a little less. second, there's this perception straight audiences have of jack as "the seducer" or the one who's more ~out and proud~ than ennis is, and it reflects a complete misunderstanding of queer history and what it's like to live as a queer person when you can't be open about who you are. jack and ennis we're clearly getting vibes off of each other before jack initiated the relationship. ennis was too scared to act on it for good reason--he witnessed a gay bashing at a very young age, and was overall more introverted anyway. people forget that jack and ennis both had children to take care of for a big part of their relationship. jack wasn't worried so much about his family because his wife was rich, but ennis was terrified of being broke and not being able to support his daughters. that's a big contention point in the " i wish i knew how to quit you" scene. and like...the fact that we see jack regularly sleeping with other men doesn't mean he was more "out" than ennis was. they *both* had to live in the closet. jack just had life circumstances and a personality type that made it easier for him to envision a life for the two of them. of course jack's murder isn't his fault, but what so many people don't get is that ennis acts in the more grounded reserved way because he's scared for jack's life as much as his own--and that's what makes jack's death all the more tragic. ennis was as invested in their relationship as jack was, he just didn't always know how to show it. and wow i have a lot of feelings about this movie.

Fantastic! I've always had a very high opinion of Jake . . . beautiful person.

"Crash" may have won the Oscar, but "Brokeback Mountain" is the superior film.

That last scene...Ennis closes the cupboard door and the small window behind it is revealed with a view that is one of the lonliest I've ever seen... it was just heartbreaking. Beautiful movie, a great movie, it will live forever. 💔💔

I love the change in Jake’s demeanour when he reminisces about Heath. He looks and sounds like he did during the Brokeback Mountain press tour. Young, inexperienced, and excitable. It’s all very very bittersweet. Miss you, Heath, you rockstar!

Wow. Zero dislikes and an incredibly truthful, real, moving celebrity interview... that's rare.

i want to watch brokeback mountain so bad, but i can’t find it anywhere for free. update: i have now watched it after a month later and i cried. a lot.

What is it with this actor - I just can`t stop watching those interviews with him!! Of course there are his movies that offer such a wide spectrum of great entertainment, and yesss, he is a beautiful man, but on top of that he really seems to be a very likeable, intelligent and humorous person. Nice to see there are so many here who appreciate him, too :-)!

I am not gay and I still think this is one of the most beautiful love stories ever made in cinema.

It is the best love story ever made, Jack I swear.

I love this guy and the movie had a profound impact on my life. I was SO EMOTIONAL after watching the movie I could barely breath...I could barley drive from crying SO HARD. Prior to this, I had not cried in years...I thought I’d lost the ability to cry. At this point, I’ve not been able to watch the movie again.

one of the most beautiful/tragic love stories ever told, definitely one of my favorite stories

I don't think Jake realizes how spiritual he really is ❤️

Unlike so many young actors, Gyllenhaal is significant even when he is not reciting words written for him by others. No wonder he was authentic in "Brokeback," a film which, by the way, just gets better and better with time. Too bad those folks at the Academy who nearly choked on the nomination of Lee's solid opus back in the day cannot say the same about their own work.

Broke back mountain and call me by your name. The saddest movies ive ever watched

-Do you struggle for identity? - I'm an actor Hahahahhaa

Saw Brokeback Mountain so many times in a row, found it incredibly moving and powerful as a love story regardless of the homosexual aspect of it. One of my favourite movies of all time, Heath Ledger was hauntingly beautiful.

Watching his interviews after watching brokeback and I am even more in love with this man now. He is just seems to be a phenomenal person and I love how openly he speaks about everything and has no regrets, and is proud of the work that he does. It's fantastic. Good on you Jake Gyllenhaal 💜

I love this interview…especially how he talks about how good Heath was with the horses. 😂😂😂 I will forever love those 2 men for bringing this love story to life.

I’ve never really seen him interviewed before. His compassion as a human being is amazing.

I can't say how wonderfully articulate, compassionate, insightful and honest this gentleman is. I love the diversity of all of his roles. He truly is beautiful.

great actor, he and Heath really deliver a great performance of Love on Broke BackM

What an interesting man, intelligent and insightful.

Love and intimacy can happen with any one. If we don’t fall prey to social Norms or tags

Suddenly, Jake is my favorite actor! His voice is so smooth.

Jake gave perhaps his most memorable performance in that movie. His vulnerability, his eyes would haunt you well after the movie got over.

Only just came across this today. What an incredible person Gyllenhaal is. I loved the movie, heartbreaking though it was, and it has pride of place on my shelf. Wonderful interview with a wonderful guy.

This movie stayed with me for a very long time..I still feel this is a love story first and it just broke my heart. Excellent movie.

Beautiful film. Heath and Jake are brilliant.

It hurt when it didn't win best picture when it should've but I was so proud when Moonlight did. Pretty monumental.

I love this man...he speaks so eloquently, and open minded, so natural, his intelligence is, to me, his most attractive quality....even if I was blind, and he sat down and conversed with me, I'd still fall in love with him, because his soul, the energy, that makes him HIM, is so loving and attractive....a beautiful being...

Jake is a bloody brilliant actor.

I could listen to him talking for hours. Such a great voice and person.

Im from Perth Western Australia and let me tell ya there are alot of talented people here its unreal.

bless him!! & RIP Heath!

Compassionate people whatever their orientation cried at the end of that movie. It's one of the great final scenes in American film.

As with many, the movie represented my life. Been in love with a guy, going on 13yrs. He's hetero, I'm gay. We been intimate more times that I would ever dreamed. Now we live together. Not as lovers. He stopped being intimate with me, brings home women, while I'm alone in the house. When no women, we sleep separately. I wish I could quit him. How it hurts when he's with females.

I saw this movie for the first time last week and it’s been on my mind almost every waking moment since then. It’s has such a profound impact on my already it’s insane.

I came out in the early 80’s. It was an exciting, electric time. I was young, and met an older man who I was attracted to. One of the stranger things I remember him telling me was men of his generation who were gay, and couldn’t come out to their families, squeaked around lying who they were dating, by calling them “she” or “her”. It was something that was done all the time. Of course their families never got to meet the “girlfriend”, but still could discuss who they were dating. I could never imagine how difficult it would be to live your life like that.

Finally watched this movie, I cried my eyes out !!

I can't believe Jake ONLY has 1 Oscar nomination let along winning. His performance in Nightcrawler was freaking brilliant. Not even a nomination.

When I watched it I wasn't expecting to get my heart broken so bad. This movie really sticked to my mind

Watching this in 2020 is amazing. I'm so thankful for humans like him in the media.

The audacity these clueless Taylor Swift fans have to demonize this man is astounding. The fact that he Is so much more talented than her makes it so much more frustrating.

What a wonderful man and a talented actor!

He stirs such deep emotion in me that uncontrollably comes to the surface.............always has. He is one human that allows his soul to stand before his image in anything he has done.

This is the most calmest and most gentle I've heard him

It's soo clear to why jake is such a great actor... its his human quality's and he's so open minded abt anything and of course his charisma... its what set's him apart from alot of actors that are working today will watch anything with his name on it amazing talent 👏👍

I love this movie. It's very sad. My favourite romance movie ever. I know it's not just about romance but Heath and Jake had such great chemistry.

I’ve seen it like 12 times and I still cry

Brokeback Mountain is the best romantic film ever made

Mr. Gyllenhaal I think is right in that by humanizing a gay relationship that was widely circulated to such great acclaim he absolutely did play a positive role in real life that helped society in general to become more accepting of gay folks. I really did enjoy the film and the scene that still gets me today is the anguish, despair and frank physical pain Mr. Gyllenhaal portrays under the bridge when his friend drives off after their first summer together. To watch someone you truly love just drive off is something horrifying to experience for anyone-regardless the sex of the people involved-and is a universal. Also, when Mr. Ledger smells Mr. Gyllenhaal’s shirt at the end of the film I cry every time even though I’ve seen the scene several times. Thank you for the video. Steve K.

We are a very Proud Parents from PFLAG Australia, and this movie had help a lots of people, thanks for this movie and great actors

he is so wonderful

Great interviewer and conversation. Glad that interviewers are also more into the film than a decade ago when people only cared about whether they felt uncomfortable when kissing a man.

I relate to this movie a lot in many ways but the story hit me harder than I have ever been hit in my life. The more I grew up I figured out the possible consequences for coming out as gay publicly. Though I told one of my close friends then I told my Sister and my supposedly close friend got me ravaged in an alleyway next to a pizza parlor in Austin TX. My sister didn't talk to me for years and just recently got back in contact with me after feeling guilty with the current movements of everything. I could tell it wasn't because she felt guilty it was so she could keep a good public image of herself it was in her eyes and that feeling never left them. My Parents sadly was told by my Sister but luckily they took it a lot better than she did and I still have a strong relationship to this day with them. I tried burying these feelings in the back of my mind but it kept crawling it's way to the surface no matter how hard I tried. Right now I am 47 hoping I could have found someone sooner but couldn't because of my idiotic insecurity after what happened. It's a void just hoping to be filled by someone who understands, that is why I have a deep connection with this movie. (Didn't mean to hold you up with a sad life story my fingers just kept going)

woah that's jess gabor from shameless at 1:25! (she played kelly, carl's navy girlfriend) still reeling from watching Brokeback last night for the first time... wow. The actors' performances, the cinematography, the script, the scenery.. and Jake Gyllenhaal speaks so well on the meaning of the movie, it's heartwarming.

I cannot summarize in words how much I love him.

Love this dude! He's such a genuine person in interviews

jake and heath did a great job in hollywood that never gonna happen that easily..Jake gyllenhaal is one of the best actors who is not arrogant at all..he is a great man..🌹I said this1000 times

I remembered how I cried so much after watching this movie. PS: The last movie that made mr cry was Titanic and it was years and years ago. PPS: Im not a cry person, so it takes a very, very sad thing to make me cry.

He will be with no doubt the recipient of the great honors that has given to Al Pacino or Robert de Niro.

Daniel Day-Lewis, now retired from acting at such a young age, has won 3 Best Actor Oscars. When he won a Best Actor prize at a Screen Actors Award ceremony, he said he would like to dedicate the award to the late Heath Ledger. He further stated that he had never seen a better performance from a male actor than in the last part of the movie, "Brokeback Mountain". I don't have the exact wording, but RU-vid has it. As for the movie not winning the Oscar, despite winning the vast majority of Best Picture prizes from critics orgs all over the world; and even in some "red states" here in the USA, there are many reasons. A big one is the report that Jay Leno used his talk show to make fun of it, during the critical Oscar award season. Now, many retirees who vote for the Oscar have the time to watch late night shows. (Do the math). What is more puzzling is that Tony Curtis declared that he will not vote for BB for the Best Picture; and what's more, he won't see it! Tony Curtis? Also, Jodie Foster, now happily gay, came out against the film. Perhaps they feared the movie would popularize homosexuality; and that was unacceptable to them. That I can understand. Finally, the voters were skittish and decided to feel better about themselves by voting for "Crash", a movie that got 2 stars from a NY film critic. It was also hated by certain minorities.

I’ll never forget seeing brokeback mountain as a teenager in the cinema, and the film wasn’t advertised as a queer story. It was advertised initially as a tale of two friends. So when me and my friends saw it (I’m gay and they were all queer in one way or another) we were pleasantly surprised to see this kind of representation on the big screen! Excellent film!

This movie won 1 Oscar for writing. How Gyllenhaal didnt win an OscaR, BUT a long forgotten movie did, is outrageous, and shows us they surely wasnt ready for this movie, and history repeated it self.

A BIG, BIG movie, BIG BIG actors, and BIG BIG director. Thanks.

i find it so interesting that being more explicitly emotional instead of simply closed off and aggressive is seen as a female quality

I so can see Timothée Chalamet doing this interview for his role in Call Me By Your Name 10 years from now

The film changed so many people’s lives in both subtle & unsubtle ways .I would also say it’s so much more than just a - Gay cowboy- movie....They were also parents and good parents as well...

One of the saddest film endings ever created ... impossible to keep a dry eye ... this is one of only a handful of films ever made where the whole audience simply stayed put and did not get up and immediately leave their seats ... everyone was trying to collect themselves ...

Thanks Jake! Very well said! You are one classy, sophisticated, and enlightened guy! Your partner will be very lucky to be with you!!!

Watched this movie for the very first time back in July this year, and I cried most of the times, especially when Jack and Ennis had fight. I can't remember any other movie that made me feel speechless and made me think about it all the time after I watched it. Brokeback Mountain is the only movie that did this to me. Made me accept the fact that I love both men and women. But still i'm so afraid of this, except for psychologist, I never told anyone else that I watched this movie because in my country there are lot of homophobes.

What he said of secrecy was so profound to me. So many of us grew up in a time and place in which being gay - or anything "different" - was not accepted but also just not discussed. And so secrecy was a large part of our very identity. Change has been a long time in the making - but it can happen

Great actor in a great film; RIP Heath Ledger

I watched this movie about 25 times.. best love story ever!

I cant believe that BBM was 14 years ago now!!!! That film made me cry big ugly sobs...

Unfortunately there’s ample evidence that there isn’t a widely held belief that it’s okay for an actor to be gay now. It’s okay for straight actors to play gay characters but there are VERY FEW out gay actors who get cast as leading roles as heterosexuals. I just wrote, directed & produced an award winning play that has a straight male character who sleeps with a man & had problems finding many actors to even audition. Fortunately one of the few actors who did audition was great & I cast him. It seems though that there is a direct correlation between how much money is on offer & how willing men are to play gay, regardless of their sexuality.

I’ve never thought much about Jake Gyllenhaal but after seeing this movie my god!

He is an intelligent and very talented actor

Great actor

Must always, ALWAYS remember to not take for granted, progress in equal rights achieved. Progress is not linear.

What a forced question “Do you struggle for identity?” ....

Very much enjoyed Jake expressing his thoughts.

The love story is so real, so classic, so touching

I'm not saying Jake's wrong, i think both characters struggled equally but in different ways. Like because Jack wanted to be out i think it was the struggle of really strong yearning for something you can "never" have. Ennis to me struggled with the balance and the life he had, to me it was something he couldn't fully give into. it was like he just played his role but wasn't really there. The sadness to me was the isolation they both felt, like a hole only they could fill in each other. Their connection is something i really appreciate. it was comfort in a way.

Awww, RIP Atticus. 😢

Í am in love with Jake, such a great example of open minds

From Spain, I can only say thank you 1000 times to Jake and Heath and of course Ang Lee for such a beautiful movie. It's the gay film I had been waiting for all my life and it arrived to all the cinemas in the world and also in my country and everybody could see this beautiful relationship between two men. I'm very happy to hear that Jake Gyllenhaal knows how important the film was for the LGTB community. After that, many other gay and lesbian films came true. I wish I could see this film when I was a child, but I'm still very happy to have seen it been adult. Since then, I'm in love with Jake. Heath rest in peace. ❤❤