Jake Gyllenhaal Talks Joining Denzel Washington On Broadway

Hello and welcome back. Oh, thanks for having me. Oh, I love you guys, too. It's so nice to be in New York, New York now. Yeah, I love it here. You do. You love it here, too, right? You're back on Broadway again. You're going to be well in a year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love New York. I live in New York, so I love New York. Yeah. My family's here. So, yeah, but you're back and you're doing a fellow, right? I will be. You will be in a year in 2025. Yeah. Yeah. And it's with Denzel. Yeah, that's incredible. I can't wait. I live here now. It's just like I can go see shows anytime with like amazing actors. Yeah, you're like literally six blocks away from probably where we'll be. It's probably normal for people to group in this environment. But I grew up in Texas where, yeah, that was not the down the street thing to do. There's performing going on all over the place. There is. Yeah, it's slightly different caliber. But yes, it's like it's like, oh, you can just walk down the street and see J. Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington. I mean, some of the best artists in the world have come from Texas. Yeah. Well, I mean, I'm not going to argue with that. I'm just kidding. Do you enjoy doing live theater? Because I enjoy being on stage in the live element that it's different every night. But do you enjoy the audience being able to almost play a character? Oh, it's the best. I mean, it's the best. It's this like weird mix of just the thrill. Right. And just being able to do what you love. And then the terror of being in front of all those people. It gives you the energy to just draw something from within yourself that you never expected. Yeah. Like it challenges you every night. The energy is always different. Different show. Yeah, it's a different show, depending on like as you go through the week, particularly when you're on stage on Broadway. It's like as you go through the week, Saturday, Friday night, you know, it's going to be a little bit more wild. And then Saturday night gets really wild. And then Sunday, you kind of ease back in. You know, yeah, everything's different. And I think it's that variation for me that just even if you do it over months and you're doing eight shows, it breaks up the monotony of it. Yeah. And it's so it's so entertaining. Like it's to me, it gives it gives. I hope I can give the audience as much as they give back to me. Well, speaking of the audience giving back, I feel like what's fun. And I've seen shows here. Sometimes the audience will participate when they shouldn't. And like they say things, so they get excited. And I'm like, ma'am, I actually have a different philosophy about that. I think, well, I'm now I'm going to invite it. But I but but I'm like, I'm always like, we're not in a meet and greet. You don't just like shout their name. I know. But like, that's the magic of it, right? Like, I mean, it's if someone's really screwing up a show, that's one thing. But I also think there's something so magical about how alive it is. Right. Like, yeah, I did a monologue on Broadway. And, you know, it was a very emotional one. And and sometimes when I you'd hear people crying and things like that, or people would would would say something without even knowing they were speaking out loud. And we were we were directed by a director to respond, you know? Oh, yeah. Yeah. And it was like, include the audience as a character. Yeah, it was beautiful. It was an incredible thing. So, I mean, sometimes it's a little weird. Like, yeah, somebody's having like a coughing fit. You want to help them, but they yeah. Yeah. Or their phone goes off. And I'm like, is this your first time in a theater? I love a phone going off. I feel like it gets too much. Like, you know, if you're a real actor, you know, I like being a real actor. It's just like that annoys me in a movie. Yeah, it's a little annoying. I'm like, there's a whole thing. They talk about it right before the movie. It's a whole. Is everybody's phone on silent? I just I am going to call you out.