Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quotes - Page 5

I do call myself a feminist. Absolutely!

I have a really terrible sense of direction.

I think some of the best actors ever were little kids.

A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words.

I'm definitely not a science nerd, I'll say that. That was not my forte at school.

It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.

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 time but it's easy to forget that there was all sorts of bullshit too.

Most of what Hollywood puts out is crap anyway.

I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting.

Being politically active is "more about doing things, not just standing for some platform or being involved in some political party."

Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

When you believe that you can do something that's when you can do it.

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.

Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small clique of an industry. There's so many talented, skilled people, all over the world, that might not have the connections or the opportunities to work in TV.

I tend to think having an impact on the world is a lot more complicated than government.

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play.

I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination.

I'm ready for another adventure now, take me far away please! Ok one more... But then you have to read to me!

I didn't really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.

A man touched me: his hand... my thigh. I touched him too: my fist... his jaw.

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.

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!

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.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness