As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance. Jesse Eisenberg actorauthenticitybring Change image and share on social
My feeling is... when you show up to a movie set where there's, like, 50 people standing around and months of preparation gone into it, you want to be as prepared as possible, so you should make a million baguettes. That might not actually help in any explicit way, but it'll make you feel more prepared. Jesse Eisenberg baguetteexplicitfeel share on social
I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way. Jesse Eisenberg adultapoliticalcountry share on social
I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations. Jesse Eisenberg difficultfamilyfind Change image and share on social
As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental. Jesse Eisenberg actorexperimentalopen Change image and share on social
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't. Jesse Eisenberg actordictatedread Change image and share on social
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. Jesse Eisenberg hardlovemovie share on social
I meet people who are in movies, and the stuff that they write is terrible, but nobody tells them that because they're famous. So I worry that my stuff might be like that, too. Jesse Eisenberg famousmeetmovie Change image and share on social
In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can. Jesse Eisenberg actclassexpress Change image and share on social
As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way. Jesse Eisenberg acceptableactoreccentric Change image and share on social