Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu at the 2023 French Open.Photo:Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty
ForJake Gyllenhaal, it’s all about family.
“I would love to have a family, and if it’s anythinglike the family that my sister’s raised and has cultivated, I would be proud,” Gyllenhaal tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, calling his relationship with the girls “one of the most important in my life.”
Jake Gyllenhaal’s first children’s book, ‘The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles’.
Gyllenhaal, 42, has also been in a five-year relationship with French modelJeanne Cadieu, which saw the pair navigating the pandemic lockdownwhile living next door to his godmother Jamie Lee Curtis. The actor says their relationship has evolved since those early days.
“It’s all about growing together and listening and being open. It’s really not much different from any relationship when it works,” Gyllenhaal says. The actor points toThe Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles, in which a rigid, rule-following uncle begins to slowly (thanks to some magical interference) appreciate who his artistic nephew really is.
“The end of this book is: I see you. And if you listen and you try and pay attention — which we don’t always do, all of us, perfectly all the time — but if we’re trying and headed in that direction, then things last and grow. It’s about being seen for who we are.”
While he and Cadieu have kept their relationship largely private, save for select public appearances such asat this summer’s French Openandon the red carpet for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debutThe Lost Daughter, Jake says the couple does what feels natural for them.
“It’s no secret that I’m in a relationship and it’s a wonderful relationship,” he says. “We are private, but I guess we are who we are. We’re just living our lives. We always have. And I love that people are interested, but at the same time, it’s like what’s ours is ours.”
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis at the premiere of ‘The Covenant’.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Earlier this year, Curtis supported Gyllenhaal at his April premiere ofThe Covenant, recalling that as neighbors, their almost year-long pandemic experience was filled with “singing, acting, [and] sourdough.”
Asked what advice she gave her godson when he was younger, Curtis recalled, “I sort of looked at him and said, ‘I’ve done this for a long time. You’re just starting. There may be things your parents don’t have the experience, strength and hope that I do. Please use that if you need to.’ "
“I’ve always deeply admired her,” he continues, calling her a true artist. “In private, she’s been open about her struggles and the things she goes through. She’s just a wonderful example of how your career can evolve if you’re lucky enough and if you devote yourself to something and you care about it from your 20s to your 30s, to your 40s, to your 60s — to your 80s, if you’re true to yourself. She’s a badass.”
source: people.com
