Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are.
Jesse EisenbergActing is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think about and then employ these kind of esoteric notions of this person's backstory and try to weave it in somehow. It's just kind of impossible.
Jesse EisenbergThe movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.
Jesse EisenbergIf 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.
Jesse Eisenberg