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45 Powerful Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quotes

Famous As: Actor and Director Known for His Films: '500 Days of Summer' and '50/50'
Born On: February 17, 1981
Born In: Los Angeles, California, United States
Age: 43 Years
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a famous American actor and filmmaker. He made his debut in the film industry at an early age. He is believed to be the only actor who has successfully transformed himself from a child actor to a respectful grown-up star. He started off as an actor for a children’s theater at an early age of 4, and went on to act in various commercials and television shows. Although he worked in various television shows, he played strong roles in some like the ‘Dark Shadows’ and ‘The Powers That Be’. His most remarkable role was in ‘3rd Rock From the Sun’ which was an alien comedy show. He then went to Columbia University to pursue a graduation in French Literature but dropped out and came back to the celluloid world. With this comeback he played very diverse roles and proved to be a rising film star. Although he has been a part of many fascinating movies including the ‘Inception’, however, according to the masses his most remarkable role was in ‘(500) Days of Summer’. He has won various awards including the ‘Young Star’ awards and has been nominated several times, including thrice for the most prestigious ‘Academy Awards’. Whatever he has said or written has become quite famous as his quotes and thoughts and is quoted extensively. Go through these quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt that will help you redefine life.
His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.

His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Well, look who I ran into,

Well, look who I ran into," crowed Coincidence. "Please," flirted Fate, "this was meant to be.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.

The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
A man touched me: 
his hand... my thigh.

I touched him too: 
my fist... his jaw.

A man touched me:  his hand... my thigh. I touched him too:  my fist... his jaw.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
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.

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 Gordon Levitt
I lost you
when you left me
to find yourself.

I lost you when you left me to find yourself.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
This is the saddest, most depressing music I've ever heard.

It makes me so happy.

This is the saddest, most depressing music I've ever heard. It makes me so happy.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
I collect flickering stars
in old pickling jars,
poking holes in the lids
so they can breathe.

I collect flickering stars in old pickling jars, poking holes in the lids so they can breathe.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
You're gone. No mailing address.
But I send you letters anyway.

You're gone. No mailing address. But I send you letters anyway.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
And in the morning 
they shook their pillows
violently, hoping
all the dreams they lost
that night would tumble out.

And in the morning they shook their pillows violently, hoping all the dreams they lost that night would tumble out.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
I know other worlds exist. I can see them in my peripheral vision.

I know other worlds exist. I can see them in my peripheral vision.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
It's HE-RO,

It's HE-RO," the boy argued. "No," the girl insisted, "it's HER-O.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.

The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.

This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
When you become a ghost 
feel free to haunt me.

When you become a ghost feel free to haunt me.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
As my story came to a
close I realized that I was
the villain all along.

As my story came to a close I realized that I was the villain all along.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
The doctor's wife ate two apples a day, just to be safe. But her husband kept coming home.

The doctor's wife ate two apples a day, just to be safe. But her husband kept coming home.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Your kisses are snowflakes:
each one is unique.
They land on me,
before they melt away
and leave me cold.

Your kisses are snowflakes: each one is unique. They land on me, before they melt away and leave me cold.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Once upon 
a dream 
in a blanket 
of night sky 
you asked me 
to tell you a story 
which began with 
us holding hands.

Once upon a dream in a blanket of night sky you asked me to tell you a story which began with us holding hands.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
He loved me. 
He loves me not.

He loved me. He loves me not.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
She had a great big heart
but very little grace.

Every time she fell in love
she landed on her face.

She had a great big heart but very little grace. Every time she fell in love she landed on her face.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Stranger than strangers 
are lovers estranged.

Stranger than strangers are lovers estranged.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
One day she looked
up and discovered an
opening in her planet.

She wondered if she
wasn't alone after all.

One day she looked up and discovered an opening in her planet. She wondered if she wasn't alone after all.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
I'm ready for another adventure now, take me far away please!

Ok one more... But then you have to read to me!

I'm ready for another adventure now, take me far away please! Ok one more... But then you have to read to me!

Joseph Gordon Levitt
She read his letter again &
again 'til she found herself 
afloat among the stars.

She read his letter again & again 'til she found herself afloat among the stars.

Joseph Gordon Levitt
Mapmaker mapmaker
make me a map

one to one scale, 
without a single gap.

Map every rock,
every thought, every tree

and erase all the territory.

Mapmaker mapmaker make me a map one to one scale, without a single gap. Map every rock, every thought, every tree and erase all the territory.

Joseph Gordon Levitt