Jesse Eisenberg

And so it was disciplined for a really silly performance. She was a business owner. She was a hustler. Yeah, actually, I didn't think of it that way. Yeah, that's like a good model to have as a mom, I think. And as a performer, because I work with a lot of performers who still have to get over the hump of thinking, this is so silly what I do. Embarrassing. Yeah, embarrassment.

And so it was disciplined for a really silly performance. She was a business owner. She was a hustler. Yeah, actually, I didn't think of it that way. Yeah, that's like a good model to have as a mom, I think. And as a performer, because I work with a lot of performers who still have to get over the hump of thinking, this is so silly what I do. Embarrassing. Yeah, embarrassment.

And I just never really had that because I saw somebody who took it so seriously. My mom never said, so weird today. I was in makeup. It was just like, yeah, this was my job. This is what I'm doing. And I took it really seriously.

And I just never really had that because I saw somebody who took it so seriously. My mom never said, so weird today. I was in makeup. It was just like, yeah, this was my job. This is what I'm doing. And I took it really seriously.

And I just never really had that because I saw somebody who took it so seriously. My mom never said, so weird today. I was in makeup. It was just like, yeah, this was my job. This is what I'm doing. And I took it really seriously.

She's 10 years younger, but she was through a series of weird, fluky things, was in movies and very popular commercials when, yeah, I was like 14.

She's 10 years younger, but she was through a series of weird, fluky things, was in movies and very popular commercials when, yeah, I was like 14.

She's 10 years younger, but she was through a series of weird, fluky things, was in movies and very popular commercials when, yeah, I was like 14.

How do we get to... I was doing children's theater in New Jersey. And again, is there something mom just put you in? No, she put my older sister who was shy and I just wanted to be with my older sister. I didn't really like performing. It was on the weekends, children's theater every Saturday and Sunday. And then I had troubles in school.

How do we get to... I was doing children's theater in New Jersey. And again, is there something mom just put you in? No, she put my older sister who was shy and I just wanted to be with my older sister. I didn't really like performing. It was on the weekends, children's theater every Saturday and Sunday. And then I had troubles in school.

How do we get to... I was doing children's theater in New Jersey. And again, is there something mom just put you in? No, she put my older sister who was shy and I just wanted to be with my older sister. I didn't really like performing. It was on the weekends, children's theater every Saturday and Sunday. And then I had troubles in school.

And so I just wanted to do anything to have an outlet from school. So I started doing community theater. It's like non-professional, but with adults in same towns. And it was an amazing outlet for me. And then an agent from New York had come seen something and asked me if I would go on an audition for this play. It was Summer in Smoke, this Tennessee Williams play.

And so I just wanted to do anything to have an outlet from school. So I started doing community theater. It's like non-professional, but with adults in same towns. And it was an amazing outlet for me. And then an agent from New York had come seen something and asked me if I would go on an audition for this play. It was Summer in Smoke, this Tennessee Williams play.

And so I just wanted to do anything to have an outlet from school. So I started doing community theater. It's like non-professional, but with adults in same towns. And it was an amazing outlet for me. And then an agent from New York had come seen something and asked me if I would go on an audition for this play. It was Summer in Smoke, this Tennessee Williams play.

So 12 was your first professional audition. And you got it. Well, I got like the understudy. Well, that's a lot more than I've gotten on Broadway. Well, sure. But it was a really weird job to get at 12 because it was like, oh, you know how you like doing that acting thing? You're not going to get to do that at all.

So 12 was your first professional audition. And you got it. Well, I got like the understudy. Well, that's a lot more than I've gotten on Broadway. Well, sure. But it was a really weird job to get at 12 because it was like, oh, you know how you like doing that acting thing? You're not going to get to do that at all.

So 12 was your first professional audition. And you got it. Well, I got like the understudy. Well, that's a lot more than I've gotten on Broadway. Well, sure. But it was a really weird job to get at 12 because it was like, oh, you know how you like doing that acting thing? You're not going to get to do that at all.

Yeah, exactly. And then you're going to play poker and smoke cigarettes backstage with all the other people are kind of waiting for somebody else to get sick. Praying for an injury. Exactly that.

Yeah, exactly. And then you're going to play poker and smoke cigarettes backstage with all the other people are kind of waiting for somebody else to get sick. Praying for an injury. Exactly that.

Yeah, exactly. And then you're going to play poker and smoke cigarettes backstage with all the other people are kind of waiting for somebody else to get sick. Praying for an injury. Exactly that.