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
Acting is a weird, kind of alienating job because you're in an isolated place. Even if you're working with a lot of… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Actually, acting in bumper cars is terrible, because the really only way to film it and get a close up is to… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
When you're acting in a movie, you never consider the reception of it. It's impossible to predict how something will be received.… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
It's a really unique acting opportunity to play two roles who are not only interacting with each other, but vastly different. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I think there are probably a lot of actors like me who I think probably struggle to feel comfortable in their own… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Often times, being in a popular thing means that you have to compromise your own acting. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
If you went to Harvard Medical School, chances are you'll be a doctor at some place. There's a career trajectory. Acting, there's… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The joy of acting for me is to be able to experience emotions in a safe environment. You can't scream and cry… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Acting is a weird profession. It's very disquieting, and at the time it just made me so confused. It's only when you… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I think there's nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
