Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Gay Rumors

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"Sometimes I feel I am seen as a thing more than a person"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt covers the October issue of OUT Magazine. Traditionally for a magazine focuses on the gay community, OUT had to ask the Don Jon actor/director about the rumors of him being gay. But that's not the center of the story. Reporter Aaron Hicklin did a marvelous job at snooping around in Gordon-Levitt's private life, and finding out how he handles his fame and the death of his brother Dan.



Read some highlights from Gordon-Levitt's interview with OUT below:

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On his celebrity status: “It comes from a really young age,” he concedes. “It can be really awkward and difficult to be thought of as this thing on TV. Before understanding it or being able to analyze it, I just knew it made me really anxious.” Regularly recognized in his teens as “that kid from 3rd Rock From the Sun,” his reflexive response was denial. “I wouldn’t just say ‘No,’ ” he recalls. “I was way more convincing than that. I would first act confused, and then I would try to understand what they were saying. I would play the part.”

On his director's debut Don Jon: “I wasn’t interested in making a movie about pornography. I was interested in making a movie about how people treat each other like things, and all kinds of media can contribute to that. I’ve been working as an actor since I was a little kid, and I’ve always been fascinated, and a little horrified, by the way people relate to images they see on screen. Sometimes I feel I am seen as a thing more than a person, and I don’t think that’s unique to actors. I think everyone is subject to that kind of pigeonholing.”

On gay rumors: “That would be really tacky – they would win if I had to clarify.”

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On his late brother Dan: “He was so overwhelmingly positive and warm. One of my favorite things about hitRECord is how positive it is, especially compared to most of what goes on on the Internet, which can be snarky and cynical. I credit Dan with that. He couldn’t help but get swept up in it, and it makes me so happy that the momentum continues today. I’m on the site every day, and the fact there’s this warmth to it, it reminds me of him every time.”

Gordon-Levitt is not a "bookworm": “I’ll be honest, I rarely finish books anymore,” he confesses. “Usually, I’ll read a book until I’ve gotten what I need to get out of it, and I won’t finish it. I like short fiction better.”

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[via OUT Magazine]

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