285 Quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think we all have a tendency to feel like, “Well, what can I do? I can’t influence the government or politics in my country.”

If the inspiration is genuine and it’s coming from the right place, that’s what I like and want to be a part of.

Actors didn’t use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.

The truth of actually working on a movie set is that you’re in the midst of a logistical nightmare. There are so many things going on. There are many factors that keep your ideal scenario from ever happening. And you’re rarely going to get that.

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 lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

I enjoy a challenge or provocation, something to think about, to talk about after it’s done.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that’s healthy.

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 listen to the executive-suited wisdom, and they believed in me from director to actor. Not from salesman to commodity.

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 saw the work I was doing.