American - Actor | October 5, 1983 -
I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
Jesse Eisenberg
FeelNeedOwnRadicalTriedI Tried
I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.
FatherMistakeMeWritingPolitical
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.
LifeCharacterTimeImpossibleYou
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.
YouMoviesIndependentWayWorking
The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.
FamousWayBeing FamousBeingOff
The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that's wonderful.
MoreWonderfulGetOnlySuggestions
I 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.
BestAngryWritingPresentBetter
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve yourself of the very arbitrary and always punishing pressure of what an audience is expecting you to do, acting becomes a lot more fun and pure.
CharacterMyselfFocusYourselfFun
I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.
HomeMeWorldNightThinkDoing
I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job.
JobFeelLuckyEqualScaredGet
I don't watch the movies I'm in - ever. Sometimes I keep pictures, but that's it. I used to watch my movies, because I didn't want to be rude to the people making them, but I stopped a few years ago. I think it's pretty common among actors. It's like listening to your own voice, but multiplied by a million.
PeopleListeningVoiceThinkMovies
I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.
GoodCharacterJobMindReadingYou
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jesse Eisenberg quotes