As a young actor, he made his debut in the movie "Beethoven" and had roles in "Third Rock From The Sun" and the movie "10 Things I Hate About You." More recently he starred in a leading role in "(500) Days of Summer."

"Better stories are going to be told because more people get to tell them," he said in a panel discussion Tuesday. That, he said, is preferable to the world he inhabits, which is, "let's admit it, an often narrow-minded Hollywood industry."

This notion of bringing together different artists from around the world was also the impetus for his company, http://hitrecord.org/, which lets all kinds of artists collaborate on a film, eventually sharing in the profits if something commercially viable is made.

In an interview after the panel, Gordon-Levitt talked about HitRecord and how technology is changing the face of entertainment.

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