Jesse Eisenberg
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Really? And I told him that. Yeah, I would hope so, yeah. That's not exactly the thing I walked away with. I can't remember, was he really good? Wait, like how so? Like he seemed genuine?
No, I've been like, I've been writing like plays like in New York for like 20 years. But this is like, and I've had like some, you know, some popular plays or whatever, but like nothing to like this level. Well, I had two plays that were going to go to Broadway were both canceled. the week before we put out the press announcement for different weird reasons.
No, I've been like, I've been writing like plays like in New York for like 20 years. But this is like, and I've had like some, you know, some popular plays or whatever, but like nothing to like this level. Well, I had two plays that were going to go to Broadway were both canceled. the week before we put out the press announcement for different weird reasons.
No, I've been like, I've been writing like plays like in New York for like 20 years. But this is like, and I've had like some, you know, some popular plays or whatever, but like nothing to like this level. Well, I had two plays that were going to go to Broadway were both canceled. the week before we put out the press announcement for different weird reasons.
So, like, this is the first thing that I'm really getting, like, more attention, and it's quite surreal, because I feel like, well, I've been doing the same thing for 20 years, but people like this one, and it makes me wonder where I went wrong 20 years ago.
So, like, this is the first thing that I'm really getting, like, more attention, and it's quite surreal, because I feel like, well, I've been doing the same thing for 20 years, but people like this one, and it makes me wonder where I went wrong 20 years ago.
So, like, this is the first thing that I'm really getting, like, more attention, and it's quite surreal, because I feel like, well, I've been doing the same thing for 20 years, but people like this one, and it makes me wonder where I went wrong 20 years ago.
A real play, the film. I thought you were saying you were doing... No, no, no, no, no. I gave up on the medium entirely because it gave up on me. And so, no, no, just now like I wrote a thing that's like now people like it and they're saying, well, you know, it has this unusual tone. I want to say I've been doing that for so long, but no one liked it. But anyway, so yeah.
A real play, the film. I thought you were saying you were doing... No, no, no, no, no. I gave up on the medium entirely because it gave up on me. And so, no, no, just now like I wrote a thing that's like now people like it and they're saying, well, you know, it has this unusual tone. I want to say I've been doing that for so long, but no one liked it. But anyway, so yeah.
A real play, the film. I thought you were saying you were doing... No, no, no, no, no. I gave up on the medium entirely because it gave up on me. And so, no, no, just now like I wrote a thing that's like now people like it and they're saying, well, you know, it has this unusual tone. I want to say I've been doing that for so long, but no one liked it. But anyway, so yeah.
And before that, I was just writing like joke writing. I wanted to write, you know, sketch comedy when I was younger. No way. Really? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah, when I was 17, I put together like a packet for Saturday Night Live. Actually, when I was 16, I wrote a script about Woody Allen and it got sent to him.
And before that, I was just writing like joke writing. I wanted to write, you know, sketch comedy when I was younger. No way. Really? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah, when I was 17, I put together like a packet for Saturday Night Live. Actually, when I was 16, I wrote a script about Woody Allen and it got sent to him.
And before that, I was just writing like joke writing. I wanted to write, you know, sketch comedy when I was younger. No way. Really? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah, when I was 17, I put together like a packet for Saturday Night Live. Actually, when I was 16, I wrote a script about Woody Allen and it got sent to him.
It was about like a fictional version of him now at 16, which is what I was, changing his name to Woody Allen. And it got like sent through various channels to his lawyers who then sent me a cease and desist letter. Oh my God. But then you ended up doing three films with him. Did it come up? I did movies. It came up once. We were on like a press junket.