Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (/ˈlɛvɪt/; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, and entrepreneur.
I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters.
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. "
There's a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that's been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.
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.
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.
If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.
I have a lot of trouble getting turned on by girls who are turned on by celebrity.
Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.
The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.
I'm definitely not a science nerd, I'll say that. That was not my forte at school.
Real life is not as simple as it is on a screen. I think real life is actually a lot more beautiful.
His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.
Movies are different from real life.
I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is the creative challenge. So, different kinds of characters, that's what I just love to do.
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.
So to compare your real life, or your partner or lover or whoever to a character in a movie, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. They don't map.
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.
If more people rode bikes and less people drove cars, the air would be in better shape and people would be in better shape.
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.
I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting.