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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quotes

Total quotes: 21
“Just 'cause you're beautiful, that doesn't mean that you can treat people like they don't matter.”
— Cameron James, 10 Things I Hate About You
Tagged: Beautiful, Snobbery, stuck up
“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, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
Tagged: Failed Relationship, Looking Back, Past Memories, Heartbreak, Heartache, Pain
“Okay. Settle. She's just a girl. Just a girl. She wants to keep it casual, which is why she's in my bed right now. But that's casual. That's what casual people do. That's fine. That's great.”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Girls, casual, Dating
“Do you ever do this: you think back on all the times you've had with someone and you just replay it in your head over and over again and you look for those first signs of trouble?”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Love, Signs Of Trouble
“Tom: 'What happened? Why? Why didn't they work out?'

Summer: 'What always happens. Life.'”
— Tom, Summer, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Dating, Love, Heartbreak
“Killing net neutrality will:

HURT small companies. HELP huge companies like AT&T, Verizon.”
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tagged: Net Neutrality, oligarchy
“Watch it again. It’s mostly Tom’s fault. He’s projecting. He’s not listening. He’s selfish. Luckily he grows by the end.”
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has A Surprising Theory About His '(500) Days of Summer' Character
Tagged: Hollywood, Movies
“I love how she makes me feel, like anything's possible, or like life is worth it.”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Love, Feel, possibilities, Life, Worth It
“It's these cards and the movies and the pop songs, they're to blame for all lies and the heartache, everything.”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Love, cards, Movies, Songs, Heartache, Lies
“Summer: 'I named my cat after Springsteen.'

Tom: 'No kidding. What was his name?'

Summer: '...Bruce.'

Tom: 'Oh... That makes sense.'”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: humor, Pets, Date
“Summer: 'We've been like Sid and Nancy for months now.'

Tom: 'Summer, Sid stabbed Nancy, seven times with a kitchen knife, I mean we have some disagreements but I hardly think I'm Sid Vicious.'

Summer: 'No, I'm Sid.'

Tom: 'Oh, so I'm Nancy...?'”
— Tom, Summer, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Funny, humor, Dating, Breakups, Fight
“McKenzie: 'Hey, maybe you should write a book.'

Tom: 'What?'

McKenzie: 'Well, you know, Henry Miller said the best way to get over a woman is to turn her into literature.'

Tom: 'That guy had a lot more sex than me.'”
— Tom, McKenzie, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Literature, breakup, Women, Heartbreak, Sex
“Tom: 'It's off.'

McKenzie: 'What?'

Tom: 'Me and Summer.'

McKenzie: 'Was it ever on?'

Tom: 'No, but it could've been, in a world where good things happen to me.'

Paul: 'Yeah, well, that's not really where we live.'”
— Tom, McKenzie, Paul, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Relationships, Dating, humor, crushes, Breakups
“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.”
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50 Celebrity Quotes On Success
Tagged: Happy Life, Right Choices, Conforming
“Tom: 'Look, we don't have to put a label on it. That's fine. I get it. But, you know, I just... I need some consistency.'

Summer: 'I know.'

Tom: 'I need to know that you're not gonna wake up in the morning and feel differently.'

Summer: 'And I can't give you that. Nobody can.'”
— Tom, Summer, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak, Dating, Labels
“Tom [Starts to take a drink of champagne]: 'That was actually my nickname in college. They called me "Perfectly Adequate" Hansen.'

Summer: 'They used to call me "Anal Girl."'

[Tom nearly gags on his drink]

Summer: '...I was very neat and... organized.'”
— Tom, Summer, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: humor, College, Nicknames
“And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and trying to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what had happened. And I thought of all the grief and sadness and fucked up suffering in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically... disappear.”
— Neil, Mysterious Skin
Tagged: Grief, Suffering, fucked-up, coming of age movies
“Summer [Tom is listening to headphones in an elevator with Summer. She notices the music]: 'I love the Smiths.'

Tom: 'Sorry?

Summer: 'I said I love the Smiths.'
[They stare at each other for a moment]
'You... You have good taste in music.'

Tom [Repeating after her]: 'You... like the Smiths?'

Summer [Singing]: 'To die by your side, such a heavenly way to die.'

Summer [Speaking]: 'I love em.'

[Elevator stops, Summer leaves while Tom remains dumbfounded]

Tom: 'Holy shit.'”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Love, Falling In Love, Music
“Partygoer: 'So Tom, what is it that you do?'

Tom: 'I, uh, I write greeting cards.'

Summer: 'Tom could be a really great architect if he wanted to be.'

Partygoer: 'That's unusual, I mean, what made you go from one to the other?'

Tom: 'I guess I just figured, why make something disposable like a building when you can make something that lasts forever, like a greeting card.'”
— Tom, Summer, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Funny, humor, Dating
“Paul: 'So what are you exactly?'

Tom: 'I don't know.'

Paul: 'Are you her boyfriend?'

Tom: 'It's not that simple.'

McKenzie: 'Sure, it is.'

Tom: 'What, like, are we going steady? Come on, guys. You know, we're-we're adults. We know how we feel. We don't need to put labels on it. I mean, "boyfriend," "girlfriend." All that stuff is... it's really juvenile.'

McKenzie: 'You sound gay.'

Paul: 'You really do.'

Tom [Points to McKenzie]: 'Okay, first of all, your last girlfriend was Amy Sussman in seventh grade. And you dated for, like, three hours. [Points to Paul] And you... You've been with Robyn since what, like, 1998?

Paul: ''97.'

Tom: ''97. See... Shoot. I don't think the two of you are exactly authorities on modern relationships.'”
— Tom, McKenzie, Paul, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: Relationships, Dating, humor
“People buy cards 'cause they can't say how they feel or they're afraid too. We provide the service that lets them off the hook. You know what? I say to hell with it. Let's level with America. At least let them speak for themselves! Right? I mean, look! What-What is this? What does it say? 'Congratulations on your new baby.' Right? How 'bout, 'Congratulations on your new baby. Guess that's it for hanging out. Nice knowing you.'”
— Tom, (500) Days Of Summer
Tagged: cards, Feelings, humor
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