Jake Gyllenhaal Spoke About Being Legally Blind

Jake Gyllenhaal spoke about being legally blind in a new interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

According to the publication, Jake has 20/1250 vision and was born with a lazy eye that naturally resolved itself. He wears intensive corrective lenses or thick, Coke bottle-style glasses to see more clearly.

"I like to think it’s advantageous," he told the publication. "I’ve never known anything else. When I can’t see in the morning, before I put on my glasses, it’s a place where I can be with myself."

Indeed, he has occasionally opted to use his blindness when acting — such as in the 2015 movie Southpaw, when he removed his contacts in order to listen more closely to the dramatic scene happening.

The actor seldom talks about his blindness, telling the Telegraph in 2017 of the thick glasses he had to wear as a kid, "I was an easy target, and I was always a sensitive kid."

You can read the full interview with the Hollywood Reporter here.