Outsider types

"Onscreen he wears angst and desperation like a badge of honor. Raging in the existential cult drama "Donnie Darko" (2001), crossing the fine line between passion and obsession in "The Good Girl" (in which his character, one Holden Worther, lugged a beat-up copy of The Catcher in the Rye across Texas in writer-director Miguel Arteta's shout-out to Salinger's protagonist), mourning the loss of life and youth in "Moonlight Mile", Jake Gyllenhaal has become the movies' poster child for outsider, misfit characters".Chelsea Clinton: "I would encourage people to read it in the hope that maybe it would have a similar inspirational effect. Did you feel Holden Caulfield-esque while you were making "The Good Girl"? Do you even agree with your character's interpretation [of the book]?

Jake Gyllenhaal: "There's something about him that makes me think he's only read that one book. He's so lost that he just sort of takes on this "Holden" persona because he understands it's universal". Source: www.highbeam.com

Q: Why do you like to play outsider types?

Hirsch: I don't know. There's something about the good-hearted guy fighting the system. I just love that. That's how Speed is. He's a really focused guy with a heart of gold and the corporations are trying to crush him and use him for his skills to make them more money. And when he doesn't want to play ball, they want to destroy him. Source: chud.com/articles