If you don't stick to your plan enough, and you're too seduced by whimsical notions and new ideas, you can kind of lose your train of thought and end up with something that doesn't have a solid through-line. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
There seems to be a notion in Hollywood that if you want to make money, you have to sacrifice doing good work with integrity. And I think that's bullshit. I think that's an excuse, and it's what people say who… — 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
![“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 and camera and rhythm, or you get someone who can make beautiful images but they can't necessarily tell a great story. He[Mark Webb] does both and I think he's going to be…” quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/48b/joseph-gordon-levitt-1583_beautiful_you-usually-get-one-or-the-other-you-get_44077.jpg)
![“I knew that if I wanted to really maintain control, I would have to keep the budget down. And I did. And I feel very fortunate that - y'know, this movie [Don Jon] - frame for frame, line for line - is exactly what I wanted it to be. Nobody made me change anything.” quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e21/joseph-gordon-levitt-1583_budgets_i-knew-that-if-i-wanted-to-really-mainta_58953.jpg)
