I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it’s not my area. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can’t. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that’s wonderful. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself of the very arbitrary and always punishing pressure of what an audience is expecting you to do, acting becomes a lot more fun and pure. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it’s scarier to not be doing it than doing it. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
Who walks around proud of things they’ve done? That’s an obnoxious quality. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That’s just me. Jesse Eisenberg Read Quote
