Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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

It's fascinating to watch a show develop from a script to a 22-minute comedy. I try to learn as much, and ask as many questions, as I can without being annoying.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them. Brick was a good script just to read. It was like, “Oh my God, these words feel so good in my mouth.” 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.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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. 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

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

Sundance means a lot to me. This is my third one. People that come here who love movies. Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I guess I have an eclectic taste [about (500) Days of Summer, G.I. Joe, and Uncertainty all in one year], I don't just like one thing. Contrast is key. What do they say? Variety is the spice of life. My favorite actors are the chameleons, guys like Daniel Day-Lewis, Billy Bob Thornton, Meryl Streep, people who are always different.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I just want to say thank you again to all you crazy motherfuckers who came out for hitRECord on Halloween - give me your records! I want to see your videos, I want to see your photos, and even more importantly, I love this stuff, remix it!

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Actually I've thanked you a lot of times so now I'm thanking you again.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

[Looper's] sort of a down-to-earth Blade Runner: it feels real. It's that style of sci-fi that could actually exist in 30 years.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The cinematographer came up to me and said, 'You have to hit your mark exactly,'

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt