--- title: Jake Gyllenhaal on Marriage and Family description: Jake Gyllenhaal really wants to be a father. canonical: https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-21T16:39:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:52.078Z og:title: Jake Gyllenhaal Really, Really Wants to Be a Dad og:description: "I want to continue becoming more of an adult than I already am" og:url: https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab255335e9422ec4/6988deb57cdbac4227d5a1d8/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Build Presents Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Jeff Bauman & David Gordon Green Discussing "Stronger" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jake Gyllenhaal Really, Really Wants to Be a Dad twitter:description: "I want to continue becoming more of an adult than I already am" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab255335e9422ec4/6988deb57cdbac4227d5a1d8/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Apparently Jake Gyllenhaal Really Wants to Be a Dad ## Video: Stronger Trailer #1 (2017) [Watch (HLS stream): Stronger Trailer #1 (2017)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LCbqC7Vp.m3u8) (2:28)  _Published 2017-08-28. Stronger Trailer #1 (2017)_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 21, 2017 4:39 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 15: Jake Gyllenhaal discusses "Stronger" at Build Studio on September 15, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 15: Jake Gyllenhaal discusses "Stronger" at Build Studio on September 15, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)Andrew Toth—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 21, 2017 4:39 PM UTC It’s a fact well acknowledged that [Jake Gyllenhaal](http://time.com/4708024/jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds-interview/) does [not want to discuss](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/19/jake-gyllenhaal-i-would-love-to-not-talk-about-my-personal-life) his former flame and [maple latte](http://people.com/celebrity/taylor-swift-jake-gyllenhaal-thanksgiving-coffee-date/) enthusiast [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4912680/taylor-swift-album-reputation-internet-reactions/), but you know what topic he will avidly want to discuss? His strong desire to be a father. In an interview with [_People_](http://people.com/babies/jake-gyllenhaal-desire-for-fatherhood/)to promote his new movie [_Stronger_](http://time.com/4950075/stronger-movie-boston-marathon-jeff-bauman/), in which he plays Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman who wrote the memoir of the same name, Gyllenhaal voiced his affinity for fatherhood and a family. “I want to continue becoming more of an adult than I already am,” Gyllenhaal said. “Hopefully with a family of my own.” He also shared that he’s practicing for that day by hanging out with his sister and [suspected T. Swift scarf bandit](http://time.com/4939482/maggie-gyllenhaal-taylor-swift-scarf/) Maggie Gyllenhaal’s two daughters. “It’s fun to send them home with a lot of candy, because it was almost like, ‘Enjoy it, Mags!’” Lest anyone think that this is a one-time sentiment, remember that Gyllenhaal told [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/movies/167908%5Fjake%5Fgyllenhaal%5Fopens%5Fup%5Fabout%5Fhis%5Fdesire%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fa%5Ffather)in 2015 that having kids is a “dream of mine.” “I am not a father yet, but it is definitely a dream of mine, should I be lucky to have that to happen,” he said. He also told [_The Inquirer_](http://entertainment.inquirer.net/177772/jake-wants-to-be-a-family-man) that his excitement for fatherhood supersedes even that of his career as an actor. “I talk about how much I like the craft of acting and stuff,” he said. “But nothing gets me more excited than thinking about being able to have a family and to be a father and husband.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/"},"headline":"Apparently Jake Gyllenhaal Really Wants to Be a Dad","datePublished":"2017-09-21T16:39:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:52.078Z","description":"\"I want to continue becoming more of an adult than I already am\"","url":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Jake Gyllenhaal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab255335e9422ec4/6988deb57cdbac4227d5a1d8/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab255335e9422ec4/6988deb57cdbac4227d5a1d8/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Build Presents Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Jeff Bauman & David Gordon Green Discussing \"Stronger\"","caption":"Build Presents Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Jeff Bauman & David Gordon Green Discussing \"Stronger\"","creditText":"Andrew Toth—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/","name":"Apparently Jake Gyllenhaal Really Wants to Be a Dad"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Stronger Trailer #1 (2017)","description":"Stronger Trailer #1 (2017)","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LCbqC7Vp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-08-28T15:22:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LCbqC7Vp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/","duration":"PT2M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4951501/jake-gyllenhaal-fatherhood-baby/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```