As an actor, you are in a unique position because youโre not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.
Jesse EisenbergI guess the more serious you play something, if the context is funny, then it will be funny and it doesn't really require you to be necessarily, explicitly humorous, or silly.
Jesse EisenbergI don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.
Jesse EisenbergI 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.
Jesse EisenbergThe only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous. And I only have like a tiny, tiny bit of that, and I'm already disgusted by it. But I realize that the only way to be disgusted by fame is to be famous, because otherwise it looks amazing. Then people stop you on the street, and it's like the most annoying thing in the world. The first time it happened it's great, and then the second time you have to shake somebody's hand.
Jesse EisenbergMy 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.
Jesse Eisenberg