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It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

Jesse Eisenberg

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Jesse Eisenberg
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: October 5
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Jesse Adam Eisenberg
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I'm kind of shocked any time somebody hires me and even more shocked any time somebody hires me to play a character like Lex Luthor, which I only knew from the public consciousness of him being a bald, brooding villain who is older than me.
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I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.
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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.
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I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job.
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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.
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When cellphones came out, my girlfriend refused to get one for five years, because she thought it would turn her into somebody who couldn't connect with other people - and, of course, she got a cellphone.
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