"For someone whose public canoodling is monitored with long-lens intensity, it's hard to believe there was ever a first kiss, but Jake's came in eighth grade. 'This girl pushed me against a car and stuck her tongue down my throat' he says. 'It was hot. I was really into it. Nothing will ever be as good as that moment.' He begins to laugh, rocking back and forth on the couch. 'Uh, wow... those are the days. Sense memory!'
-Jake Gyllenhaal interviewed by Brian Raftery for GQ Magazine - June 2004.