I want to keep working with people that care about what they're doing. It seems obvious, but it's not. It's sometimes hard… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
In the old days, people would gather around the fire, or they would gather at a tavern, and they'd tell a story.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern,… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
This movie [Don Jon] played at Sundance and South by Southwest and Berlin. And it just played - well...by the time it… — 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 don't blame the people for the fact that so many movies are bad. I think there's a corrupt, perverted, lazy and… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The chemistry and the comfort and trust between two people playing a love story l is key, and to have a friend… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
If more people rode bikes and less people drove cars, the air would be in better shape and people would be in… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Ummm... well, the only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing, which sounds obvious,… — 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
I just want to open up the avenues for people to express themselves. That's what the media ought to be. It shouldn't… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it.… — 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… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I've been hearing it a lot, especially in the last few years; people will say things to me like "Well, if only… — 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
![“This movie [Don Jon] played at Sundance and South by Southwest and Berlin. And it just played - well...by the time it played at Toronto recently, it was already done. But getting to watch it with a thousand people is hugely informative.” quote by Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/965/joseph-gordon-levitt-1583_berlin_this-movie-don-jon-played-at-sundance-an_652277.jpg)
![“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)
