Jesse Eisenberg
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Exactly. Now you're opening the car dealership based on the sitcom that you were in.
Exactly. Now you're opening the car dealership based on the sitcom that you were in.
Now you see these cars. Now you don't. Yes. God, where was I? All now I could think of. Where are we? Directing. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is what I was going to say. Basically, you joke that I was in the gratitude phase. I was not in the gratitude phase. I moved to Indiana. I was in the I moved to Indiana phase. Bloomington, Indiana. I moved to Bloomington. Yeah. What is that? Bloomington is a city.
Now you see these cars. Now you don't. Yes. God, where was I? All now I could think of. Where are we? Directing. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is what I was going to say. Basically, you joke that I was in the gratitude phase. I was not in the gratitude phase. I moved to Indiana. I was in the I moved to Indiana phase. Bloomington, Indiana. I moved to Bloomington. Yeah. What is that? Bloomington is a city.
Now you see these cars. Now you don't. Yes. God, where was I? All now I could think of. Where are we? Directing. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is what I was going to say. Basically, you joke that I was in the gratitude phase. I was not in the gratitude phase. I moved to Indiana. I was in the I moved to Indiana phase. Bloomington, Indiana. I moved to Bloomington. Yeah. What is that? Bloomington is a city.
And cities are groups of people. And you know this from your anthropology that those people can be different. But basically, my wife grew up there. Okay. My mother-in-law tragically got sick and she was running a domestic violence shelter there. And we went to help out with the shelter and to take care of her.
And cities are groups of people. And you know this from your anthropology that those people can be different. But basically, my wife grew up there. Okay. My mother-in-law tragically got sick and she was running a domestic violence shelter there. And we went to help out with the shelter and to take care of her.
And cities are groups of people. And you know this from your anthropology that those people can be different. But basically, my wife grew up there. Okay. My mother-in-law tragically got sick and she was running a domestic violence shelter there. And we went to help out with the shelter and to take care of her.
And in terms of professional stuff, because that's kind of what we're talking about, it was like just a total two feet out the door of this thing. you know, it's a weird industry. It feels so unstable. You feel like, oh, the thing's going to spit me out tomorrow. Being in Indiana, I was just around none of it, which was great. Paradoxically, it was weird because I was the only actor there.
And in terms of professional stuff, because that's kind of what we're talking about, it was like just a total two feet out the door of this thing. you know, it's a weird industry. It feels so unstable. You feel like, oh, the thing's going to spit me out tomorrow. Being in Indiana, I was just around none of it, which was great. Paradoxically, it was weird because I was the only actor there.
And in terms of professional stuff, because that's kind of what we're talking about, it was like just a total two feet out the door of this thing. you know, it's a weird industry. It feels so unstable. You feel like, oh, the thing's going to spit me out tomorrow. Being in Indiana, I was just around none of it, which was great. Paradoxically, it was weird because I was the only actor there.
And so people were like, hey, are you still acting? Sure. Which is not a question you want to be asked.
And so people were like, hey, are you still acting? Sure. Which is not a question you want to be asked.
And so people were like, hey, are you still acting? Sure. Which is not a question you want to be asked.
This was probably 2016, 17, 18, 19. Pre-pandemic. Yeah, no. And then in the pandemic, we were there all the time. We moved to Indiana. You left, basically. Exactly. And it was a relief. But you're running away from something, too. I was running away from not feeling like I'm pounding the pavement in New York.
This was probably 2016, 17, 18, 19. Pre-pandemic. Yeah, no. And then in the pandemic, we were there all the time. We moved to Indiana. You left, basically. Exactly. And it was a relief. But you're running away from something, too. I was running away from not feeling like I'm pounding the pavement in New York.
This was probably 2016, 17, 18, 19. Pre-pandemic. Yeah, no. And then in the pandemic, we were there all the time. We moved to Indiana. You left, basically. Exactly. And it was a relief. But you're running away from something, too. I was running away from not feeling like I'm pounding the pavement in New York.
Also, I was in this Batman movie and the Batman movie was so poorly received and I was so poorly received. I've never said this before and it's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I genuinely think it actually hurt my career in a real way. Because I was poorly received in something so public. I've been in poorly received things that just don't see the light of day. For the most part, no one knows.
Also, I was in this Batman movie and the Batman movie was so poorly received and I was so poorly received. I've never said this before and it's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I genuinely think it actually hurt my career in a real way. Because I was poorly received in something so public. I've been in poorly received things that just don't see the light of day. For the most part, no one knows.
Also, I was in this Batman movie and the Batman movie was so poorly received and I was so poorly received. I've never said this before and it's kind of embarrassing to admit, but I genuinely think it actually hurt my career in a real way. Because I was poorly received in something so public. I've been in poorly received things that just don't see the light of day. For the most part, no one knows.