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
I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.
There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.
Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.
When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.
My personal belief is that everything is always happening all at once.
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.
When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.
That is very different from how it used to be in the 20th century. Media was very one way. There's a small little industry. It broadcasted its message and 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 and actually restoring a more natural way.
There's no royalty in America, so people deify actors.
I would like to do a musical, if I could find a cool one. A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play.
To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light.
Ummm... well, the only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing, which sounds obvious, but it's really not.
To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form.