Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants people to remember the human beings behind art. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the “Looper” star explained how he sees pop culture objectifying people in unhealthy ways.
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But a lot of pop culture is pornographic,” he said. “We don’t see people as people. We see them as things, and when we watch pornography we don’t see the people in the video as people, either.” The 39-year-old continued, “We don’t think about who they are or what their lives are like.