Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Adam Eisenbergis an American actor, author and playwright. He made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real. Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film Roger Dodger, he appeared in the drama film The Emperor's Club, the psychological thriller The Village, the comedy-drama The Squid and the Whaleand the drama The Education of Charlie Banks. In 2006, Eisenberg won the Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award for his role in The Living Wake...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth5 October 1983
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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 had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still do.
I have a job that requires me to be in the public eye in the way that makes me extra careful about sharing information.
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.
I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'
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.
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.'
I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.
I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me.
I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody.
I get very homesick, but otherwise it's a great privilege to get to travel for work.
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.
All of my pleasures are guilty, but that's just the way I'm wired.
As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.