I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts. Jesse Eisenberg More Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg More Quotes From Jesse Eisenberg I think I'm an abstinence symbol. If I take my shirt off, people will not have babies. Jesse Eisenberg babypeoplethinking I think there's nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas. Jesse Eisenberg realideasthinking To criticize Facebook is to criticize the telephone. Jesse Eisenberg telephonescriticize All of my pleasures are guilty, but that's just the way I'm wired. Jesse Eisenberg guiltypleasureway Don't be a hero, live to fight another day. Jesse Eisenberg another-dayfightinghero I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself. Jesse Eisenberg presses Acting is a weird profession. It's very disquieting, and at the time it just made me so confused. It's only when you step away from a movie for several weeks or months that you start to put things in perspective. Jesse Eisenberg confusedperspectiveacting I 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 Eisenberg ignorantsillycountry I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety. Jesse Eisenberg anxietypeoplethinking I just can't - I can't exist in normal group situations. A classroom, where you have to sort of jockey for position, compete for attention - I would just withdraw. Jesse Eisenberg jockeysgroupsattention Everyone's a geek in some way or other. Everyone's an outsider. Jesse Eisenberg outsidersgeekway No one should be offended - that's not my style. Jesse Eisenberg offendedstyleshould When you do a play, you have the kind of nightly feeling of accomplishment. But you also have the daily dread of the doing it every night. And because you're doing the whole thing every day, it's like climbing up the mountain every single night. With a movie it's like climbing the mountain very slowly, over months of filming. Jesse Eisenberg climbing-upplaynight Poor people are gross and they 'smell bad Jesse Eisenberg smellpoorpeople I don't understand capri pants. They seem like neither here nor there. Jesse Eisenberg capripantsseems Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to. Jesse Eisenberg playcharacterlong It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical. Jesse Eisenberg struggleselfwatches I've never had tastes of people my own age. All of my friends when I was 15 were in their 40s. I'm not actually mature, just very self-conscious around people my own age because I feel like I'm supposed to act the same way they act and I don't know how. Jesse Eisenberg selfagepeople When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction. Jesse Eisenberg theatrerolesway If 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 actingfeelsway
