Pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal Talking at the New Yorker Festival 2010-10-04 05:00:00

by Allie Merriam 4

Jake Gyllenhaal joined the director of his movie Love and Other Drugs, Ed Zwick, on Saturday to chat about their collaboration during the annual New Yorker festival. While Jake was there to share about his new project, it was also his first official appearance with the serious beard you seem to hope he shaves off soon — do you think he's the sexiest actor with facial hair? Jake spoke about his saucy love scenes with Anne Hathaway in the film, and also opened up about whose career he most hopes to emulate. He said, "Paul Newman is someone who I admire. I think I could make a really good salad dressing, too."

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