“If more people rode bikes and less people drove cars, the air would be in better shape and people would be in better shape.” PeopleIfsWould BeAirCarShapesBike Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The chemistry and the comfort and trust between two people playing a love story l is key, and to have a friend that I could trust, and whose sensibilities I already understood, made it so much easier, and is a big part of why it all looks natural on screen.” PeopleLooksMadeTwoStoriesBigsNaturalKeysEasierComfortUnderstoodScreensLove StoryMade ItChemistrySensibility Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“There seems to be a notion in Hollywood that if you want to make money, you have to sacrifice doing good work with integrity. And I think that's bullshit. I think that's an excuse, and it's what people say who are scared that they can't do good work.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantSeemsSacrificeIntegrityHollywoodNotionScaredExcuseMaking MoneyGood WorkBullshitDoing Good Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I want to keep working with people that care about what they're doing. It seems obvious, but it's not. It's sometimes hard to keep on that track.” PeopleWantSometimesHardSeemsCareTrackObvious Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” PeopleWorldMightOpportunityTvsIndustryConnectionsHollywoodExclusiveClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I just want to open up the avenues for people to express themselves. That's what the media ought to be. It shouldn't just be a conveyer belt of shiny products to buy. It should be a way that we're all communicating and understanding each other.” PeopleWayWantShouldUnderstandingMediaProductsOughtCommunicateBeltsAvenuesUnderstanding Each Other Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“In the old days, people would gather around the fire, or they would gather at a tavern, and they'd tell a story. And then, maybe a week later, someone would tell the same story, but with a different twist on it. That's how folk takes evolved.” PeopleDifferentStoriesFireWeekFolksTwistsOld DaysTaverns Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process.” PeopleHumansPersonsDifferentStoriesProcessFireHeardStorytellingRepeatsCollectivesHuman HistoryChimesTaverns Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some sort of neurotic phobia. I guess I was paranoid that people would treat me differently, or in an unfair way, because of my job.” PeopleIfsWayJobsTreatsHandleRuinsTeenagerUnfairNeuroticParanoidPhobia Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” PeopleFeelsCharacterPlotDevicesStereotypeClicheScreenplays Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.” PeopleThinkingWantCultureSickTiredNonsenseSincereWant SomethingHeartfeltFluffy Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to live because people would sing these songs and tell these stories together. Then all of these new technologies came out and it became the work of professionals.” PeopleMeanStoriesTogetherUsedSongCultureTermTechnologyFolksPopsNew TechnologyPopular CulturePop SongFolk Songs Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone. That's why we get into these cultural ruts that end up being destructive prejudices. But breaking out of that comfort zone is the most rewarding thing you can do, in your life. I do my best to push myself, when I can.” PeopleTryingI CanEndsCultureCan DoTearsComfortPrejudiceTendenciesDestructiveZoneComfort ZoneRuts Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons.” PeopleArtCommunityDarknessArt IsDemonWrestlingOur Community Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I've been hearing it a lot, especially in the last few years; people will say things to me like "Well, if only I was like you in that movie," or "If only I could be with someone like you in that movie." And, you know, it's very flattering to hear that.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsWellsLastsLike YouHearingFlatteringSomeone You Like Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“This movie [Don Jon] played at Sundance and South by Southwest and Berlin. And it just played - well...by the time it played at Toronto recently, it was already done. But getting to watch it with a thousand people is hugely informative.” PeopleWellsDoneWatchesThousandSouthBerlinTorontoInformativeSundance Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you see that character portrayed up on screen, there is the work certainly of the actor, but there's the work of the editor, there's the work of what the camera was doing. What the music was doing, all of the above.” PeopleCharacterActorsResultsTruth IsPerformancesCamerasScreensEditors Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.” PeopleDesireConflictIntenseOverwhelmingOverwhelming Desire Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.” PeopleWisdomFriendshipFamilyFriendsWise WordsWords Of WisdomWho You AreFamily And FriendsPeople In Your LifeDoings Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” PeopleMadeHappensInterestWorryRight NowFaultsLots Of Money Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I don't blame the people for the fact that so many movies are bad. I think there's a corrupt, perverted, lazy and sloppy attitude that's pervasive in the movie business. The whole entertainment business is kind of crumbling around us.” PeopleThinkingKindWholeFactsAttitudeBlameEntertainmentLazySloppyCrumblingMovie BusinessEntertainment Business Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
