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Quotes by Jesse Eisenberg

If youre afraid of everything out there, you quit going out there.

Lies are for adults who are sad in their lives.

I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, Im worried that its going to end; if things are bad, then Im worried that its going to be permanent. Its not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.

I dont follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early 90s.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

Im hardly the most notable person in Zombieland. The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.

I meet people who are in movies, and the stuff that they write is terrible, but nobody tells them that because theyre famous. So I worry that my stuff might be like that, too.

I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah.

Depression, if its an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

If you went to Harvard Medical School, chances are youll be a doctor at some place. Theres a career trajectory. Acting, theres nothing. Its constantly trying to procure jobs - its very disconcerting.

I get very homesick, but otherwise its a great privilege to get to travel for work.

I dont watch the movies Im in - ever. Sometimes I keep pictures, but thats it. I used to watch my movies, because I didnt want to be rude to the people making them, but I stopped a few years ago. I think its pretty common among actors. Its like listening to your own voice, but multiplied by a million.