Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“I'm always interested in a challenge, and I'm always interested in trying to do something new.”

“The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone to be creative.”

“Being a celebrity is a gift. You can abuse it or use it.”

“Feminism to me means that you don't let your gender define who you are—you can be who you want to be, whether you're a man, a woman, a boy, a girl, whatever you are.”

“I like to be challenged, and I like to be surprised.”

“For me, acting is a way of understanding myself and my world.”

“I think it's important to be an actor. It's a great job, and I'm very lucky to do it.”

“If you're creating, you're not just consuming.”

“To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to be able to do something that is ultimately, I think, a positive thing, because you're creating a connection with other people.”

“The whole point of creativity is to be yourself.”

“What's the difference between a celebrity and a hero? A hero is someone who's done something for other people.”

“I don't think that there's any one way to be a man. I think that we all have to define that for ourselves.”

“I want to be an artist, not a celebrity.”