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
It's worth paying attention to the roles that are sort of dictated to us and that we don't have to fit into those roles. We can be anybody we wanna be.
I don't buy into the glory days thing. I think every time has its great things to it. The '60s were such a glorious time but it's easy to forget that there was all sorts of bullshit too.
I just need some time away to remember why I stay.
Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.
Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you'd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.
I think we all have a tendency to feel like, "Well, what can I do? I can't influence the government or politics in my country."
The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.
The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.
If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.
Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons.
Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.
I lost you when you left me to find yourself.
It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.
I never intended to only do dark, serious things.