The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.
Jesse EisenbergI grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way.
Jesse EisenbergThe frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.
Jesse EisenbergMy mom always said that she didn't wear a red nose and big shoes because that's the reason people are scared of clowns. My dad is a sociology teacher, so he probably figured that out with her. Those are the things that are exaggerated, that don't give off the signals of humans. You know, if you draw a picture of a circle and ask somebody to feel empathy with the circle, they won't. But if you draw literally two, three dots inside the circle, like two eyes and a nose, you immediately feel empathy.
Jesse Eisenberg