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In acting class, you're trained to express yourself as much as you can.

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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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I don't go to movies, I don't own a television, I don't buy magazines and I try not to receive mail, so I'm not really aware of popular culture.
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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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