254 Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg

The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.

The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that's wonderful.

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, you're kind of alienated. Actors say that a lot, and I kind of find that to be true.

I can't watch myself in interviews. I feel like I look like a wreck. My mom is always calling me and going, 'Stop fidgeting,' and it's like, 'You have no idea what it's like, Mom.'

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

I live in New York City, so there’s so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.

I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children’s theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn’t fit in.

I live in New York City, where, if you’re in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you’re king of the world, because you’re in a bubble. So there’s no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn’t make me confused.

Working in the arts, you see people who come from terrible circumstances and who, for whatever reason, have incredible talent. But of course, with that great talent comes some guilt because, if you come from circumstances that don’t encourage it, it can be really confusing.