Quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.”

“When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'”

“If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.”

“After you died I realized thatI never really like hunting.I just like hanging out with you.”

“The doctor's wife ate two apples a day, just to be safe. But her husband kept coming home.”

“A man touched me: his hand... my thigh.I touched him too: my fist... his jaw.”

“It's fascinating to watch a show develop from a script to a 22-minute comedy. I try to learn as much, and ask as many questions, as I can without being annoying.”

“Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels. Actors were poor. Celebrities used to be kings and queens. Then the United States abolished mon...”

“Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them. Brick was a good script just to read. It was like, Oh my God, these words feel so good in my mouth. A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets,...”

“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...”

“Traditionally there's this barrier between the people who make movies and the people who watch them, and I think it sucks. Making Hollywood this castle on a hill and crowning actors the Stars might...”

“Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy. Celebrity ...”

“I didn’t really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.”

“There's this barrier that goes up between the people who make the movies and the people who watch the movies. But the point of art is to have a connection between people. I think it's going to beco...”

“[hitrecord.org is my] alternative outlet of where I get to be a little less professional and just freak out a little bit.”

“The Lookout was by far the hardest thing I've ever done. Partially because both Brick and Mysterious Skin were four to five week shoots, and The Lookout was nine or 10. So there's the marathon aspe...”

“I think the whole thing's changing a lot. The traditions of Hollywood are grand and great and are going to survive forever, in a way. But they're not going to be the only way for much longer. The t...”

“[It's a] really smart, faithful adaptation of the book. The book is such a tight page-turner… The character I play is an extreme guy… He's a killer. He wants to be Jesse James. He grew up watching ...”

“I don't blame the people for the fact that so many movies are bad. I think there's a corrupt, perverted, lazy and sloppy attitude that's pervasive in the movie business. The whole entertainment bus...”

“The cool thing about my character was that it’s not that digital. I get to put hours of prosthetic makeup on and see a different creature altogether. I’ve seen how he looks and it’s really cool.”