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
When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.
Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.
Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills.
It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.
Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.
Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!
I didn't really like doing commercials.
I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on.
Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.
When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.
I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that.
I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting.
When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some sort of neurotic phobia. I guess I was paranoid that people would treat me differently, or in an unfair way, because of my job.
A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'