I tend to prefer the smaller movies because they shoot more efficiently and so you're are able to maintain that momentum of… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
A lot of times the character's experience is not in accordance with the tone of the movie and it's not really my… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a lot of personal anxieties and Ive realized that playing a character stuck in a life-or-death situation like this allows… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
People think, 'You're an actor, you can afford clothes,' but I just try to take the clothes from the movie, which makes… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I'm kind of shocked any time somebody hires me and even more shocked any time somebody hires me to play a character… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
There are some indications of how the character should behave based on the script, and then as actor makes it his or… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
People think, 'You're an actor, you can afford clothes,' but I just try to take the clothes from the movie, which makes the selecting… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
When you take on a role you try to do as much as possible beforehand to get your mind into it. Just to prepare… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I was doing interviews for several months about the movie, and people would always ask me, Do you have a Facebook page? And I… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I cried every day of first grade. In class. Which meant I ended up getting comfortable emoting in a place where it wasn't the… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
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… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I think there's nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I don't watch the movies I've been in. I try to stay as little aware of the final product as possible, because my job… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
Working in the arts, you see people who come from terrible circumstances and who, for whatever reason, have incredible talent. But of course, with… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
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,… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
I give credence to the worst things somebody writes about me, and if somebody writes something nice, I think they're wrong or false or… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share
