Jesse Eisenberg
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And that's even worse, you know, because then it was just for nothing. It was a waste of time. I just feel like we got into jobs that no one was asking us ever to do. Like, no one wanted you to host a TV show. No one asked me to be an actor. They still... They still... Retroactively trying to... Still, people are trying to like, can we delete that 30 years of work?
You would cry. That's right. And they had to kind of come up, well, you tell me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So no, I would cry. I cried every day when I got to school, but they didn't want me to cry on the bus. The bus driver did not want me to cry because I guess it was probably dangerous for me to be weeping in the back of a huge moving vehicle. But basically- I don't see why that's a danger.
You would cry. That's right. And they had to kind of come up, well, you tell me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So no, I would cry. I cried every day when I got to school, but they didn't want me to cry on the bus. The bus driver did not want me to cry because I guess it was probably dangerous for me to be weeping in the back of a huge moving vehicle. But basically- I don't see why that's a danger.
You would cry. That's right. And they had to kind of come up, well, you tell me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So no, I would cry. I cried every day when I got to school, but they didn't want me to cry on the bus. The bus driver did not want me to cry because I guess it was probably dangerous for me to be weeping in the back of a huge moving vehicle. But basically- I don't see why that's a danger.
I would use her sleeve as a tissue. Okay. Basically, so, no, right. So she set up this system where if I didn't cry every day until Friday, on Friday she would give out Tootsie Roll Pops to all the kids on the bus if I made it through the week without crying on the bus. And so you would hear on Fridays from down the street, windows open on the bus, don't cry, Jesse. Don't cry, Jesse.
I would use her sleeve as a tissue. Okay. Basically, so, no, right. So she set up this system where if I didn't cry every day until Friday, on Friday she would give out Tootsie Roll Pops to all the kids on the bus if I made it through the week without crying on the bus. And so you would hear on Fridays from down the street, windows open on the bus, don't cry, Jesse. Don't cry, Jesse.
I would use her sleeve as a tissue. Okay. Basically, so, no, right. So she set up this system where if I didn't cry every day until Friday, on Friday she would give out Tootsie Roll Pops to all the kids on the bus if I made it through the week without crying on the bus. And so you would hear on Fridays from down the street, windows open on the bus, don't cry, Jesse. Don't cry, Jesse.
It's the equivalent of if you don't do all the push-ups, everybody in this room has to do 10 more. That's insane. You know what I mean? Yeah. And giving me ideas. No, no, no, no.
It's the equivalent of if you don't do all the push-ups, everybody in this room has to do 10 more. That's insane. You know what I mean? Yeah. And giving me ideas. No, no, no, no.
It's the equivalent of if you don't do all the push-ups, everybody in this room has to do 10 more. That's insane. You know what I mean? Yeah. And giving me ideas. No, no, no, no.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all that stuff. Listen, that was her wound and now she's an artist too, that bus driver. And an amazing athlete.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all that stuff. Listen, that was her wound and now she's an artist too, that bus driver. And an amazing athlete.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all that stuff. Listen, that was her wound and now she's an artist too, that bus driver. And an amazing athlete.
And that was her will to power. Yeah, I was just I was a miserable, miserable kid with good parents. I feel uncomfortable saying this in public because I don't like demonize my well-meaning good parents and good parents. Yeah, I don't know. I was just like wired to be absolutely miserable. And, you know, performing for me was kind of like an outlet, but not like an outlet like I feel myself here.
And that was her will to power. Yeah, I was just I was a miserable, miserable kid with good parents. I feel uncomfortable saying this in public because I don't like demonize my well-meaning good parents and good parents. Yeah, I don't know. I was just like wired to be absolutely miserable. And, you know, performing for me was kind of like an outlet, but not like an outlet like I feel myself here.
And that was her will to power. Yeah, I was just I was a miserable, miserable kid with good parents. I feel uncomfortable saying this in public because I don't like demonize my well-meaning good parents and good parents. Yeah, I don't know. I was just like wired to be absolutely miserable. And, you know, performing for me was kind of like an outlet, but not like an outlet like I feel myself here.
It was more just an outlet to literally just get out of school. Like if I got into a show, it meant I could leave early from school on various days and rehearse and be with adults, which was the only place at the time I felt like a comfortable.