Jesse Eisenberg

Like, these concentration camps are museums and cemeteries, you know, so they don't want movies shooting there because most movies want to turn them into, like, you know, 1942 war movies where they have extras and Nazi uniforms. But, you know, what we did is it's a modern-day Holocaust story. That's what the movie is. And so it took a long time to try to, like...

Like, these concentration camps are museums and cemeteries, you know, so they don't want movies shooting there because most movies want to turn them into, like, you know, 1942 war movies where they have extras and Nazi uniforms. But, you know, what we did is it's a modern-day Holocaust story. That's what the movie is. And so it took a long time to try to, like...

explain to them what we were doing and show that we actually had the same mission. Like their mission is to show kind of modern tourists what these places are. And my mission in a roundabout way is to show modern movie audiences what these places are. So once we like figured that we had a meeting of the minds, it turned into this like amazing, beautiful relationship.

explain to them what we were doing and show that we actually had the same mission. Like their mission is to show kind of modern tourists what these places are. And my mission in a roundabout way is to show modern movie audiences what these places are. So once we like figured that we had a meeting of the minds, it turned into this like amazing, beautiful relationship.

And I also have to say like the people who run these concentration camps, like they're not Jewish. They're like young academics who could do like any job that they want in Poland. They're like brilliant, highly educated people.

And I also have to say like the people who run these concentration camps, like they're not Jewish. They're like young academics who could do like any job that they want in Poland. They're like brilliant, highly educated people.

And these are the people that choose to spend their lives driving every day to a concentration camp and eat lunch at a concentration camp because they believe that they're doing good work, which they are.

And these are the people that choose to spend their lives driving every day to a concentration camp and eat lunch at a concentration camp because they believe that they're doing good work, which they are.

And I just felt like as an American Jew who never thinks to memorialize my family history, I just had such indebtedness to these people who are doing it for no other reason than the good of their hearts.

And I just felt like as an American Jew who never thinks to memorialize my family history, I just had such indebtedness to these people who are doing it for no other reason than the good of their hearts.

Listen, Jordan, if that's not obvious, no. Well, my character talks about like OCD in the movie and it's like, you know, I know what that is. And, you know, sometimes like, you know, that is like more of like a fixation rather than like a fashion choice. So my character is not like a fashionable kind of person, but this is like a fixation kind of thing from his OCD. Yeah. Yeah. So that's why.

Listen, Jordan, if that's not obvious, no. Well, my character talks about like OCD in the movie and it's like, you know, I know what that is. And, you know, sometimes like, you know, that is like more of like a fixation rather than like a fashion choice. So my character is not like a fashionable kind of person, but this is like a fixation kind of thing from his OCD. Yeah. Yeah. So that's why.

I should have known it. I should have known it. You know, pretty much everybody else who saw the movie got it. I mean, shit, I know.

I should have known it. I should have known it. You know, pretty much everybody else who saw the movie got it. I mean, shit, I know.

Well, I've been wanting to do this show for 20-something years. I mean, yeah. So this is amazing. And does being here with me make you just a little bit happier? This is amazing. Like, stuff like this is totally surreal. It really is. And, like, yeah, that's been... I was on, like, Terry Gross last week, and I didn't... Stick on this.

Well, I've been wanting to do this show for 20-something years. I mean, yeah. So this is amazing. And does being here with me make you just a little bit happier? This is amazing. Like, stuff like this is totally surreal. It really is. And, like, yeah, that's been... I was on, like, Terry Gross last week, and I didn't... Stick on this.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was telling her, this is terrible compared to The Daily Show with Jordan Klepper. And she said, I get it. She gets it, right? She gets it, and she said, I might actually quit. So I didn't want to announce that here, but she's quitting because of this show. Yes, hang it up, Terry.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was telling her, this is terrible compared to The Daily Show with Jordan Klepper. And she said, I get it. She gets it, right? She gets it, and she said, I might actually quit. So I didn't want to announce that here, but she's quitting because of this show. Yes, hang it up, Terry.

Thank you so much. What an honor to be here.

Thank you so much. What an honor to be here.