American - Actor | February 17, 1981 -
I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Quality isn't about where the money came from or which company gets to put their name on the thing. What matters is who made the movie and why they made it.
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I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything.
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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.
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I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.
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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.
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When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn't work.
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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.'
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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.
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When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.
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Normally, it's difficult for me to watch a movie that I'm in.
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It's a pretty intuitive process, picking the projects that I want to get involved with.
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