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The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.
Jesse Eisenberg
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Jesse Eisenberg
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: October 5
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Jesse Adam Eisenberg
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