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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

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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
Acting
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Life
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