Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

UPDATED 06/25/2007 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 06/25/2007 at 01:00 AM EDT

The 26-year-old actor is good with kids and in the kitchen.

FAMILY MAN
Gyllenhaal's a devoted uncle to sister Maggie's daughter Ramona. "She's amazing—I revel in her growth, it's an amazing process to watch," says the actor. Still, he's not exactly psyched about diaper duty, telling Maclean's: "I wanted to see what it was like ... [but] I started gagging and handed her back."

DOMESTIC BLISS
"I really like making breakfast because it's simple. And I do like cooking steak. Cooking a great steak is an art—people don't appreciate what that really entails."