I love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
So to compare your real life, or your partner or lover or whoever to a character in a movie, you're setting yourself… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The cool thing about my character was that it's not that digital. I get to put hours of prosthetic makeup on and… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
He [Mark Webb] is very savvy, technically, he's shot so many videos, he knows how to get what he wants. The surprise,… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus. One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
You usually get one or the other, you get someone who knows how to tell a story but they don't necessarily know about light… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
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.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I knew that if I wanted to really maintain control, I would have to keep the budget down. And I did. And I feel… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager I loved acting, but I really just loved it for myself. I didn't like the fact that anyone else… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the glory days thing. I think every time has its great things to it. The '60s were such a glorious… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image