48 Jesse Eisenberg Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jesse Eisenberg

American Actor

Born: Oct 5, 1983

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The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to. Jesse Eisenberg

Experience Big Characters Feel Least Oftentimes Movies Personally Really Connected

I'm not into music - the only music I like is musical theater, but I have every Ween album. Jesse Eisenberg

Music Every Musical Musical Theater Only Like Theater Album

I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah. Jesse Eisenberg

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I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills. Jesse Eisenberg

Good Involves Motor Anything Really Skills

I always thought Woody Harrelson is quite a persuasive guy. He's the kind of guy who can call you up in the middle of the night and tell you, 'Let's all go get a donut!' And you're thinking, 'It's the middle of the night,' but somehow you still get up and go get a donut. Jesse Eisenberg

Acting is a weird, kind of alienating job because you're in an isolated place. Even if you're working with a lot of other people, you're kind of alienated. Actors say that a lot, and I kind of find that to be true. Jesse Eisenberg

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I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time. Jesse Eisenberg

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The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way. Jesse Eisenberg

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I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody. Jesse Eisenberg

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In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter. Jesse Eisenberg

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My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together. Jesse Eisenberg

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous. Jesse Eisenberg

Way Only Off Being Famous Being Famous Turned

The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that's wonderful. Jesse Eisenberg

Wonderful More Only Make Get Them Suggestions Plays

I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across. Jesse Eisenberg

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I don't watch the movies I'm in - ever. Sometimes I keep pictures, but that's it. I used to watch my movies, because I didn't want to be rude to the people making them, but I stopped a few years ago. I think it's pretty common among actors. It's like listening to your own voice, but multiplied by a million. Jesse Eisenberg

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I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role. Jesse Eisenberg

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I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts. Jesse Eisenberg

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