I think that anybody who says ‘This is the one way to go about being an actor’ has probably not done a lot of professional work before. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I’m working. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
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. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
Celebrity doesn’t have anything to do with art or craft. It’s about being rich and thinking that you’re better than everybody else. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
A lot of people, most people who are working, they do it for money. And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that. It so happens that I made a lot of money already, so I don’t have to worry that much about it. I wouldn’t fault anybody for doing it for the money, but it doesn’t interest me right now. Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
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 scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do ‘Make ‘Em Laugh.’ Joseph Gordon-Levitt Read Quote
