Jesse Eisenberg quotes - page 2

I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody. (Jesse Eisenberg)
It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical. View quote
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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. View quote
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I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role. View quote
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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 amounts of time off. View quote
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Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't. View quote
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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. View quote
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Acting forces me to socialise, which is good for me, I think. View quote
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I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately. (Jesse Eisenberg)
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 nothing. It's constantly trying to procure jobs - it's very disconcerting. View quote
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As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental. View quote
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I'm no good at really anything that involves motor skills. View quote
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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 guilty of that exact thing. I will spend more time sitting around feeling bad for myself than actually helping somebody. View quote
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People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly. View quote
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I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's so nerve-wracking to be on a set. They're the most stressful place in the world, because you're making something permanent, and there are so many people relying on you in a lot of ways. View quote
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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 them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together. View quote
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You can tell when you watch a movie, usually, what the actors' experience was on the movie, because even the smallest of roles were interesting. (Jesse Eisenberg)
Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives. View quote
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In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter. View quote
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The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous. View quote
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In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can. View quote
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