Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor and filmmaker. As a child actor, he appeared in the films A River Runs Through It, Angels in the Outfield and 10 Things I Hate About You, and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun. He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Hesher, 50/50, Premium...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth17 February 1981
CountryUnited States of America
To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light.
The only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing.
On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.
I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.
I was a sort of serious little dude - snobby.
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.
My personal belief is that everything is always happening all at once.
When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.
Ummm... well, the only thing I want to do is stuff with people who care about what they're doing, which sounds obvious, but it's really not.
There's no royalty in America, so people deify actors.
I stopped getting nervous a long time ago, so any time I do get nervous, which is rare - about work, anyway - I always take that as a really good sign.
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.
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.
Normally, it's difficult for me to watch a movie that I'm in.