The stars also added that they don’t bathe too often themselves.

The 40-year-old replied, “More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times.

I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere.

Jake Gyllenhaal posing

So I do that.”

However, his assertion that taking fewer baths helps skin maintenance is a welcome reminder.

Jake Gyllenhaal on the red carpet