26 Quotes & Sayings By Joseph Gordonlevitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Critics Choice Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and won a Young Hollywood Award. He came to international attention with roles in the films "10 Things I Hate About You", "Memento", "500 Days of Summer", "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises". He also created, wrote, directed and starred in the award-winning short film "Don Jon's Addiction". He also played David Sander in the comedy-drama film "Looper". He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in San Francisco and Seattle Read more

His mother is a painter and his father is a social activist and artist. He attended Columbia University and studied English literature at Brown University. He married his college girlfriend, actress/director/writer Shana Feste on June 18, 2005.

They have two children: an adopted daughter named Everly (born January 10, 2010), and a biological daughter named Rose (born August 29, 2011).

A man touched me: his hand... my thigh. I touched...
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A man touched me: his hand... my thigh. I touched him too: my fist... his jaw. Joseph GordonLevitt
His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too...
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His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling. Joseph GordonLevitt
The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes...
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The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear. Joseph GordonLevitt
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Mapmaker mapmakermake me a mapone to one scale, without a single gap. Map every rock, every thought, every treeand erase all the territory. Joseph GordonLevitt
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I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me. Joseph GordonLevitt
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I'm ready for another adventure now, take me far away please! Ok one more... But then you have to read to me! Joseph GordonLevitt
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If I read our story backwards, it's about how I un-broke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you forgot about me forever. Joseph GordonLevitt
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It's HE-RO, " the boy argued." No, " the girl insisted, "it's HER-O. Joseph GordonLevitt
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We could have been the greatest love story ever told. If only you'd stayed in character. Joseph GordonLevitt
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Life and Death took a break, weary from their burdensome role. Nobody lived or died that day. Joseph GordonLevitt
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She drank in all their compliments and soon she was full of herself. Joseph GordonLevitt
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After you died I realized that I never really like hunting. I just like hanging out with you. Joseph GordonLevitt
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The doctor's wife ate two apples a day, just to be safe. But her husband kept coming home. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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. Joseph GordonLevitt
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I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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. Joseph GordonLevitt
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Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb! Joseph GordonLevitt
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As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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 GordonLevitt
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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. Joseph GordonLevitt
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When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature. Joseph GordonLevitt
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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.' Joseph GordonLevitt
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If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone. Joseph GordonLevitt