fbpx

How Fatherhood Changed This Actor’s Life for the Better

How Fatherhood Changed This Actor’s Life for the Better

By Movieguide® Contributor

Actor and father of three Joseph Gordon-Levitt explained how being a dad has changed his outlook on life and deepened his ability to act.

While doing press for his movie BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F, Gordon-Levitt met with some soldiers and in talking with them, realized just how much becoming a father has changed him.

“One of the soldiers asked, ‘What do you do to keep in touch with your family when you’re away like when we’re away from ours?’ And, man, that really got to me,” Gordon-Levitt told PEOPLE. “There I was in tears in front of all these guys, just a big softie. I have a new idea of what that is in the context of being a dad.”

“My whole entire life and perspective has changed since becoming a father,” he added in an interview with Fox 5. “It’s like my old life was in 2D and now it’s in 3D. And I love it more than anything, but it has definitely changed how I act as well, in particular, like, because acting isn’t the most important thing in my life anymore, which it used to be. And now, the most important thing to me in my life is my family.”

Gordon-Levitt and his wife, Tasha McCauley, recently had their third child together. Having been a father for several years, Gordon-Levitt explained how stepping into the parenting role has helped him reconnect with his childhood.

“One of the things I love about being a dad is that you feel like you’ve gone back in a time machine. In a way, you feel like you’re getting to live your life again but from a different angle,” he told Drew Barrymore. “[My children] are experiencing so many of the things I remember experiencing, whether it’s learning to walk or going to school or learning a skill, it’s hard at first but you have to keep working on it and then finally you get it.”

“But, of course, I remember it from my perspective, not from their perspective but now I’m getting to experience it again from the dad perspective,” he continued. “It’s like going…about a merry-go-round or a carousel.”


Watch GOD’S NOT DEAD: IN GOD WE TRUST
Quality: - Content: +4
Watch YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
Quality: - Content: +4