All Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quotes
- I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination. Acting
- Kids play pretend. I think that kids can be the best actors. Actors
- 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 embarrassing what they… Acting
- I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't… Able
- I love her [Kimberly Peirce]. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors. That's what… Actor
- 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 to keep on… Care
- Making little videos that you know are going to be on tiny windows is a whole different thing. I don't know what it's going to… Different Thing
- 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… Computer
- I didn't really like doing commercials. Commercials
- I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me. Association
- I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie. Any
- I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything. Always Loved
- I was just watching baby videos of me and I was obviously an exhibitionist. Baby
- Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them. Bad
- There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more. Absolute
- When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature. Acting
- While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than… Actor
- I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a… Called
- When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some… Anyone
- A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity… All
- I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from… Able
- If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job.… Actor
- Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot… Character
- Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit… Alive
- The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as… All