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
Real life is not as simple as it is on a screen. I think real life is actually a lot more beautiful. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Don't we want to escape our real world and go into something larger than that, simpler than that, more beautiful or darker? — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Real life is not like a movie. Even the best movies, the most rich, fleshed-out movies are not as rich and nuanced… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Even when I was really young, I hated doing commercials, because I would say, "That's not real acting." And it's not. It's… — 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)
