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
The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things.
I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.
I was a sort of serious little dude - snobby.
I think that anybody who says 'This is the one way to go about being an actor' has probably not done a lot of professional work before.
The only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing.
My personal belief is that everything is always happening all at once.
When you believe that you can do something, that's when you can do it.
If you look at all the movies that have made tons of money, almost all of them are great movies. Even Titanic. I think Titanic is a great movie.
If the inspiration is genuine and it's coming from the right place, that's what I like and want to be a part of.
I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.
There seems to be a notion in Hollywood that if you want to make money, you have to sacrifice doing good work with integrity. And I think that's bullshit. I think that's an excuse, and it's what people say who are scared that they can't do good work.
I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes along that's good, and I want to do it.
I think the way the media is going to work in the future is less something that the population consumes and more something that the population creates.
Don't we want to escape our real world and go into something larger than that, simpler than that, more beautiful or darker?