I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable. Jesse Eisenberg More Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg More Quotes From Jesse Eisenberg If I get no sleep the night before a show, I feel that performance is the best one. Jesse Eisenberg shows sleep night I don't watch the movies I've been in. I try to stay as little aware of the final product as possible, because my job doesn't really change. Jesse Eisenberg trying jobs watches 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. Jesse Eisenberg house children thinking In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can. Jesse Eisenberg express-yourself acting class I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused. Jesse Eisenberg confused kings new-york Where I feel something that I had written was misinterpreted in a way that made people feel bad, that is absolutely horrifying to me. I feel so embarrassed and I feel ashamed that I should make people feel bad. Jesse Eisenberg made people way I feel like when I was 13 and I had to go to bar mitzvahs every weekend. This is the same feeling. You have to put on a suit every weekend to go meet with a bunch of Jews. Jesse Eisenberg mitzvah weekend feelings The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way. Jesse Eisenberg approach character way I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting. Jesse Eisenberg insecure comforting thinking The old cliché in theater is, if you’re nervous, pick up a prop, which will immediately take you outside of your mind. Jesse Eisenberg nervous theater mind I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am. Jesse Eisenberg zombieland actors way I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good. Jesse Eisenberg wrecks actors feelings I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time. Jesse Eisenberg pessimistic worried attitude I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. Jesse Eisenberg turmoil stories character 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.' Jesse Eisenberg mom watches ideas 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. Jesse Eisenberg helping-others teacher school I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever. Jesse Eisenberg driving new-york opportunity Who walks around proud of things they've done? That's an obnoxious quality. Jesse Eisenberg quality proud done Acting 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 Eisenberg acting trying thinking As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way. Jesse Eisenberg eccentric actors way
