Jesse Eisenberg

“I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.”

“I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me.”

“I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.”

“I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.”

“In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.”

“I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.”

“When you're acting in a movie, you never consider the reception of it. It's impossible to predict how something will be received. Even if you think it's the greatest thing in the world, other people might not like it. Or agree with it.”

“I have one female fan. But she lives with me. I'm not aware of any others.”

“I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.”

“I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across.”

“Lies are for adults who are sad in their lives.”

“I like driving; I don't drive since I live in New York. I don't have an opportunity to drive, like, ever.”

“I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.”

“Everyone's a geek in some way or other. Everyone's an outsider.”

“As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.”

“I get very homesick, but otherwise it's a great privilege to get to travel for work.”

“I often think if you have time to sit around the house feeling bad for yourself, you have time to tutor a child. I'm guilty of that exact thing. I will spend more time sitting around feeling bad for myself than actually helping somebody.”

“If you went to Harvard Medical School, chances are you'll be a doctor at some place. There's a career trajectory. Acting, there's nothing. It's constantly trying to procure jobs - it's very disconcerting.”

“I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long amounts of time off.”

“I don't understand capri pants. They seem like neither here nor there.”