Jake Gyllenhaal - 'You just want to pinch his cheeks and make out with him at the same time'

According to a poster on IMDb, Jake Gyllenhaal was seen in Harrods last Friday 'looking lost'. Speaking as someone who once, recklessly and foolishly, arranged to meet their mother by the parrots in the pet section, I can definitively say that it is impossible to visit (or even work in) Harrods and not be lost. If Jake had not looked lost, I would have worried (of course, Jake may have been somewhere else entirely and not been lost at all). [ETA: Jake was also spotted last weekend in that other labyrinth Harvey Nicks! - thanks Get Real!]


Apparently, somewhere in the world there's an election today, but I know what's what and what is what is Jake Gyllenhaal. So, today, I thought, on the encouragement of others who shall remain nameless, that we would focus on what really matters in the world today - Jake and Nookie.


Admittedly this is a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but Jake told People back in 2006 (when Jake was voted Hot by the magazine's viewers and also by the leaders of the Free World): 'I want a lot of kids. Two or four. Not six. It's torture after four.' (It's actually torture after one, but I'll let this pass.)


And elsewhere Jake provided non-partisan advice: 'Once someone's shown the ropes sexually, they're never going to make the same mistake again, you know what I mean. Thanks for showing me.' (It was a pleasure...).



Cosmo asked Jake back in November 2007 'How does it feel to be [one of] the sexiest men in the world?' to which he replied, 'I don't know that I am!' [I feel a dramatic pause is essential here to allow us all to raise our eyes to the heavens] 'I don't want to be judged by my appearance because I didn't do anything to get my looks.'


Elsewhere 'I've been called the thinking woman's sex symbol 'You're the thinking woman's sex symbol' and I said, 'Well that would mean every woman, right?' I mean, doesn't everyone think?"?' (They do, Jake, but, when you're within 1000 paces, not necessarily with their brains.)


Jake compared his relationship to Ang Lee on the set of Brokeback to a marriage: 'I like to compare my relationship with Ang [to] a marriage in some ways. There's a honeymoon period, and then after that – you have the wedding and then you have sex like once or twice a year, but the sex is great, you know what I mean?'


Jake told the Daily Mail: 'I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of. I love being involved in the story and I love being involved in how the story moves. It's like, so hot! It's almost sexual. When it works right, it's such a turn on.'


And Jarhead was described as 'Really great sex without an orgasm.'

Jarhead - Interview with Jake Gyllenhaal | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

And this I find impossible to believe... Jake told Cosmo of his dreams: 'Last night I dreamt that I was at a crazy party in Central Park. There was a mud bath and no-one wanted to get in.' Jake also told Cosmo, back in 2006, that he was unworried about leaked photos of himself nude from the set of Brokeback: 'Well I'm naked every day so I cope with it. It's not so hard for me.'


But if we're talking sexy and we're talking Jake, I think this is my favourite account of conducting an interview with Jake: '“You look like a nice mint chocolate chip cookie,” he suggests in reaction to the mint green blouse and a dark brown skirt I am wearing. “I do?” I ask, blushing and feeling like a 14-year-old. At my advanced age, it really does take a great actor to make me feel that way. “That’s my favorite flavor, so I’ll take that as a compliment,” I offer. ““You should – that’s my favorite flavor too,” he replies. Now I’m totally flustered. As a mature professional, I like to think I can handle any curve ball that’s thrown my way, but Gyllenhaal is looking at me with his adorable blue eyes and incredibly long eyelashes. “Okay, where do we go from here?” I say, stalling for time while I try to recollect my next question. “Let’s just talk about ice cream,” he offers, oozing boyish charm.' Irresisitible.


Model Adrienne Curry said of Jake (in a link now dead and gone) 'Jake Gyllenhaal is sexy because not only does he have a fabulous body, but he's also got this childlike innocence to him. You just want to pinch his cheeks and make out with him at the same time.'

Hopefully, now we can focus on what really matters...


Includes pictures from IHJ and links.