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Maggie Gyllenhaal shares the load
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are parents to Ramona

Maggie Gyllenhaal: I'd choose motherhood over acting

Actress loves being at home with her daughter

Saturday, 5 July 2008

Maggie Gyllenhaal wants to spend more time with her daughter than she does in front of the camera.

The actress says it’d have to be a meaty role to tempt her away from parenthood.

‘I do think that it's really difficult to get me away from [Ramona],’ she says.

‘It's difficult to find a script that's good enough for me to think, “Okay, I really need to do this instead of being with my daughter”.

‘Some people have asked me whether I'll choose things that ... have a more sort of child-appropriate content, and I don't think so.

'I think I'll choose what's interesting to me.’

And Maggie, 30, says being a mum to Ramona, 20 months, has made her a better actress.

'I think having a child changes everything and has deepened everything in my life,’ she tells People. ‘I think it has deepened my acting.

Maggie, 30, is engaged to actor Peter Sarsgaard.

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