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
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Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films.
When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.
There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.
Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.
I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything.
Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills.
Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.
If you do or don't like something it's because of that thing and not because it has the right politics behind them or the right company or the right connections. It's really just about the thing itself.
I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.
I think some of the best actors ever were little kids.
My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.
My favorite kinds of movies are the ones that start a conversation.
I have a really terrible sense of direction.