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Jesse Eisenberg Biography

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, author, and playwright. Born in New York City and raised in East Brunswick, New Jersey, Eisenberg began acting in plays at an early age, and made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film Roger Dodger (2002), he appeared in the drama film The Emperor's Club (2002), the psychological thriller film The Village (2004), the comedy-drama film The Squid and the Whale (2005), and the drama film The Education of Charlie Banks (2007). In 2006, Eisenberg was the recipient of the Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award for his role in The Living Wake.

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When you're acting in a movie, you never consider the reception of it. It's impossible to predict how something will be received. Even if you think it's the greatest thing in the world, other people might not like it. Or agree with it.

Acting, Impossible, Like, People, Received, Thinking

Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.

Actors, Dread, Independent, Way

Poor people are gross and they 'smell bad

Bad, People, Poor, Smell

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.

Home, Night, Scarier, Thing, Thinking, World

Don't be a hero, live to fight another day.

Another Day, Day, Fight, Fighting, Hero

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

Character, Way, Approach, Ideal, Relates

First rule of magic? Always be the smartest guy in the room.

Guy, Magic, Room, Rooms, Rule, Smartest

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.

Aware, Culture, Magazines, Popular, Television, Trying

And I'm sure after Facebook it will be the little cameras that we have implanted into the palms of our hands and we'll be debating whether we should get them, and then we'll all get them.

Cameras, Debating, Hands, Implanted, Littles

I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety.

Anxiety, Causes, People, Thing, Thinking

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.

Acting, Day, Feels, Like, Way

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Character, Movie, Prefer, Stories, Story, Turmoil

I just can't - I can't exist in normal group situations. A classroom, where you have to sort of jockey for position, compete for attention - I would just withdraw.

Groups, Attention, Jockeys, Sort, Withdraw

[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting the movie in such a public way that it almost undermines the initial intention of going under the radar.

Actors, Ironic, Looking, Promoting, Radar, Skins

I don't watch the movies I'm in - ever. Sometimes I keep pictures, but that's it. I used to watch my movies, because I didn't want to be rude to the people making them, but I stopped a few years ago. I think it's pretty common among actors. It's like listening to your own voice, but multiplied by a million.

Million, People, Thinking, Used, Voice, Years

When you're on set you don't realize the way something is going to look since you're on the other side of the camera.

Camera, Cameras, Look, Looks, Side, Way

I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good.

Actors, Feeling, Feelings, Maybe, Wrecks

When you do a play, you have the kind of nightly feeling of accomplishment. But you also have the daily dread of the doing it every night. And because you're doing the whole thing every day, it's like climbing up the mountain every single night. With a movie it's like climbing the mountain very slowly, over months of filming.

Accomplishment, Climbing, Like, Night, Play, Slowly

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.

Meet, Nobody, People, Terrible, Worry, Writing

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

Actor, Actors, Dialogue, Embodying, Unique, Writing

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