Can Jake Gyllenhaal say 'erectile dysfunction'?

"The film does succeed in subtly touching on how we as a society have become increasingly more and more dependent on prescription medication. Both Jamie and Maggie note at one point that they were diagnosed with ADD and put on Ritalin as young as 8 and 10. Years later, Maggie is now taking multiple forms of medication to help with her disease and medication to help the symptoms caused by her medication. It is a vicious circle and you begin to wonder, is all this medication really helping us? If you take the homeless man stealing Jamie’s discarded Prozac samples who suddenly cleaned himself up and got a job interview, the answer might be yes. But seeing as this moment was presented as more as a gag then a real commentary on the situation shows this is not a question with an easy answer". Source: gordonandthewhale.com

"There's something about the way Annie and I both work which is inherently very musical. It's all about rhythm. There's a rhythm to writing, there's a rhythm to sports, there's a rhythm to sex."

Indeed there is. As for taking the nudity bullet, Gyllenhaal notes that his co-star has it worse off: "[Anne] said at one point, 'Well, we're both topless and we both show our butts.' And I was like, 'Hmm, but it's a little different for you.' Source: blog.zap2it.com


E! News asked the leading man at the movie's Hollywood premiere just what he'd learned and if he's had any, um, experiences of his own...
"[Laughs.] What?! I'm surprised my publicist didn't pull me with that one. 'No! He's not answering that question. No!'

"You know, I'm committed to the role," Jake continued, "and my character actually does have an experience with Viagra. It's sometimes used for other things than...dysfun...Can I say erectile dysfunction? E! It stands for erectile dysfunction!"
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway attending "Love & Other Drugs" AFI Fest Premiere on 4th November, 2010 in Los Angeles

Gyllenhaal was also quick to point out that the movie isn't all about two really hot people shedding their clothes.Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of "Love and Other Drugs" (2010) with director Edward Zwick

"Yeah, we make a lot of love in the movie. [But] when we're not doing that, we're talking." Intimate conversations aside, the star did concede, "Most of the time, yes, we are naked." Source: uk.eonline.com

"Jake played coy when Lauren asked about his brewing romance with the country sweetheart, who will be 21 December 13. He'll be 30 December 19. Both Sagittarians!
Gyllenhaal was somewhat elusive, saying only, "I think there are a lot of difficult things going on in the world today, and I don't think my personal life in particular is that hard."

While he shied away from answering questions about Taylor, Jake assured Lauren he's doing just fine with the ladies.
"How do you physically prepare for a love scene?" asked Lauren, referring to his intensely romantic scenes with co-star Anne Hathaway. "Just a lot of practice," he joked. "When you're devoted to a role, you have to give it all you can give." Source: extratv.warnerbros.com

"Jake Gyllenhaal boarded a private plane this afternoon and took off from a Los Angeles area airport. The Love and other drugs star, who climbed aboard solo, has recently been spotted on both coasts with Taylor Swift" Source: x17online.com

On a side but sadly important note: "The consummate stage, film, and TV star died today of cancer just weeks shy of the release of her last film role playing the mother of Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the upcoming 20th Century Fox film Love And Other Drugs. But she will be remembered best as a feminist icon for starring in one of the most seminal women's lib films, 1978's An Unmarried Woman, winning the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and also portraying a female U.S. Supreme Court judge in 1981's First Monday In October the same year it became America's reality". Source: www.deadline.com

"She was really an extraordinary person," Gyllenhaal said, with a life shorter than she deserved. "It's clear from having been sick that she really cherished her time, and it's clear because over two days of working with her, she made a lasting impression on me for the rest of my life."

Gyllenhaal added that he deeply cared about her and thought she was incredible. "It's hard to make someone feel about you if you don't have something incredibly special and she definitely did." Source: blogs.sites.post-gazette.com