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I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 17
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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt
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