Actor Jake Gyllenhaal says that he has spent a lot of his career making "excuses" for the "absurdity" of Hollywood. "You know, you think about 'Brokeback Mountain' -- I've had people come up to me over the years and say how that movie changed their life or how it made them realise something -- and you see the power of movies," Gyllenhaal told hollywoodreporter.com.

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