Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor and filmmaker. As a child actor, he appeared in the films A River Runs Through It, Angels in the Outfield and 10 Things I Hate About You, and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun. He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Hesher, 50/50, Premium...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth17 February 1981
CountryUnited States of America
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
There's something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.
I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.
Real life is not as simple as it is on a screen. I think real life is actually a lot more beautiful.
I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.
Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.
Your kisses are snowflakes: each one is unique. They land on me, before they melt away and leave me cold.
The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.
He [Mark Webb] is very savvy, technically, he's shot so many videos, he knows how to get what he wants. The surprise, of course, is that he's also an extremely humanistic story-teller. He's obsessed with story and character, and not just making it look right, which is a double-thred that's rare in directors.
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.
You usually get one or the other, you get someone who knows how to tell a story but they don't necessarily know about light and camera and rhythm, or you get someone who can make beautiful images but they can't necessarily tell a great story. He[Mark Webb] does both and I think he's going to be one of the film-makers that our time is remembered for.
When you become a ghost feel free to haunt me.
Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.