The movies that are really big, at least in my experience, oftentimes don't have characters that I feel as personally connected to.
Jesse EisenbergI 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.
Jesse EisenbergThe happiest moments for me, creatively, are doing readings of a play around a table where there's no audience.
Jesse Eisenberg