254 Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg

The joy of acting for me is to be able to experience emotions in a safe environment. You can’t scream and cry in the street because everybody will look. If you do it on a movie set, you get applauded.

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.

I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I’m worried that it’s going to end; if things are bad, then I’m worried that it’s going to be permanent. It’s not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.

I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That’s just me.

Because going through a hard life with someone else is better than going through an easy life alone.

I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you’re very angry about something, you shouldn’t present it as strongly when you’re acting. But if you’re really angry and writing about it, that’s the best way to get it out and across.

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.

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.

I get very homesick, but otherwise it’s a great privilege to get to travel for work.