“As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.”
Funny
“I mean, movies in general tend to sort of portray time, space and identity as these very solid things. Time moves forward. Space is what it is. You are you, and you're always you.”
MoviesAll Quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.”
Movies“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.”
Movies“Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.”
Alone“I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.”
Learning“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 the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.”
Music“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.”
Dad“There's an absolute prejudice that good movies are dramas and comedies are more dismissable. But I couldn't disagree more.”
Movies“Movies are different from real life.”
Movies“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 by a bus tomorrow, so you'd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.”
Peace“If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.”
Alone“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.”
Movies“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 actors.”
Amazing“I would like to do a musical, if I could find a cool one. A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play.”
Cool“The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things.”
Movies“I mean, movies in general tend to sort of portray time, space and identity as these very solid things. Time moves forward. Space is what it is. You are you, and you're always you.”
Movies“Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!”
Movies“To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form.”
Art“The career stuff is for business people.”
Business“When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'”
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