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As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.

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Jesse Eisenberg
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: October 5
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Queens
New York
Jesse Adam Eisenberg
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