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 write plays, and I have a musical that's starting to get produced now. That's what I would love to do, but it's so hard. The only reason people are reading my plays and musicals is because I'm in movies.

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 Quotes