Jesse Eisenberg Quotes

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Jesse Eisenberg

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 5, 1983

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.

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In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can.

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I don't go to movies, I don't own a television, I don't buy magazines and I try not to receive mail, so I'm not really aware of popular culture.

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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.

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All of my pleasures are guilty, but that's just the way I'm wired.

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Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

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I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.

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I don't understand capri pants. They seem like neither here nor there.

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People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.

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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.

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Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

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I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.

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I often think if you have time to sit around the house feeling bad for yourself, you have time to tutor a child. I'm guilty of that exact thing. I will spend more time sitting around feeling bad for myself than actually helping somebody.

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Everyone's a geek in some way or other. Everyone's an outsider.

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I get very homesick, but otherwise it's a great privilege to get to travel for work.

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I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable.

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I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.

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If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life, there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

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I write plays, and I have a musical that's starting to get produced now. That's what I would love to do, but it's so hard. The only reason people are reading my plays and musicals is because I'm in movies.

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Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.

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