“I think violence begets violence. I don't think a way to solve any sort of conflict is with violence because nothing ever ends up solved, that way.” ThinkingWayEndsViolenceConflictSolveBegets Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.” IfsKnowsWayUseAdvantageCurrents Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors. That's what she's best at, sitting down with an actor and just getting to the heart of what a scene is. And getting to the heart of not just what the scene is and the character is, but what you are, and how to build that bridge between the "me" and the character, and those emotions.” WayHeartCharacterActorsEmotionHonestSceneDirectorsSittingIntenseBridgesDescribingGood WaySitting DownBrutally Honest Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The traditions of Hollywood are grand and great and are going to survive forever, in a way. But they're not going to be the only way for much longer. The technology is such now that you don't have to have millions of dollars to make a movie. You can make one with a computer.” WayMillionsTechnologyForeverComputerTraditionHollywoodDollars 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
“Nothing is ever finished. It's a funny thing. I actually think that's really the more natural way of stories or songs.” ThinkingWayStoriesSongNaturalFinishedFunny Things Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” WorldWayCultureShellsDnaGalaxyRatiosSpiralsSnailMilky Way Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.” WayNaturalInternetStorytellingGet BackAllowing 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
“I think the way the media is going to work in the future is less something that the population consumes and more something that the population creates.” ThinkingWayMediaPopulationGoing To Work Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“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.” WayFeelsMeanFilmAttitudeEntertainmentReally MeanDisposable Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I've always paid a lot of attention to the way that different kinds of media affect how we see the world, probably because I've been an actor since I was a little kid.” WorldWayKindLittlesDifferentKidsActorsAttentionMediaPaidDifferent KindsLittle Kid Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“That's sort of what I wanted to make fun of a little bit with Don Jon. And I think oftentimes, if you're going to talk about a sort of substantial topic like this, the best way to do it is with a sense of humor.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesWantedFunBitsLittle BitBest WaySense Of HumorTopics Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Why am I doing the work I'm doing? Why am I friends with this person? Am I living the best life I possibly can? Questions are often looked upon as questions of doubt but I don't see it that way at all. I question things to stay present, to make sure I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.” WayPersonsSuccessDoubtSupposed To Be Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.” ThinkingWorldWayUsedMediaInternetHealthyDialogueUsed To BeOne WayAllowingMonologues Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
