Jesse Eisenberg Net Worth

Jesse Eisenberg's Quotes

• This [The Social Network (2010)] was not the sort of script you improvise on. With Aaron Sorkin, it's immediately clear what the rhythm of the scene is. It's similar to reading Shakespeare. In fact, it's a lot like great theater. I looked at some of the lengthier scenes as if I was doing a play. You find the story arc of the scene, discover different moments, build upon them to make it as rich as possible. reconciled his intense control with his disengagement. He might appear detached and bored, but he's always working to control the entire room.
• [My favorite website] is Geosense.net. It's a geography game. They actually kicked me off for writing "Sri Lanka" on their message boards. I guess it's a curse word on there?
• [on his future projects]: I'm hoping to do several [sequels to] Rio (2011) - Rios 2 through 10. You know, this movie is so wonderful, and we were wondering where the story might go, because this is the same company that did Ice Age (2002), and we suspected it may have some odd sequels.
• [Interview with Stephen Whitty, August, 2011] I have a lot of personal anxieties. And I've realized that playing a character stuck in a life-or-death situation like this allows me to release those anxieties in a very healthful, cathartic way.
• I was mugged one night in New York and slammed into a concrete pillar, and I did an interview where I said I completely understand why they attacked me. It was a poor, black neighborhood. Someone sent me an article saying: 'You ignorant idiot. It's more offensive to defend these people. It's more racist to defend them.' He's right, and that is the impetus for the first scene.

Interesting Facts about Jesse Eisenberg

1. Older brother of Hallie Eisenberg.
2. Has been playing the drums since he was age 8.
3. His mother is a professional clown who performed at children's birthday parties in their hometown of East Brunswick, N.J. for 20 years.
4. His family is Ashkenazi Jewish (his ancestors came to the U.S. from Poland, Russia, and Ukraine).
5. Studied at The New School in New York City's Greenwich Village. He applied and was accepted to New York University but declined enrollment to complete a film role.
6. Received his very first kiss from Jennifer Beals in Roger Dodger (2002).
7. Played brother to real-life sister Hallie Eisenberg in Holy Rollers (2010).
8. Very good friends with Andrew Garfield.
9. Good friends with Justin Bartha.
10. Favorite film is Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).
11. Creator of OneUpMe.com - a wordplay website. He also owns Yugoslavio.com.
12. Despite his iconic portrayal of Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in The Social Network (2010), Jesse himself does not have a Facebook account.
13. His character in Zombieland (2009), at one point, expresses relief at not having to update his status on Facebook. Jesse did not know what a Facebook status was until a crew member explained it. The following year, Jesse played Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
14. Has played two real-life Harvard graduate students - Benjamin Strauss in The Hunting Party (2007) and Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (2010).
15. Working on Free Samples (2012) with Jess Weixler and Madison Leisle [January 2011]
16. He is the third Oscar nominated actor to play "Lex Luthor" after Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey. He is the only one of the three not to have an Academy Award.
17. He is five months younger than Henry Cavill, making him the first actor to play Lex Luthor who is younger than the actor playing Superman.
18. He is first cousin with Jamey Eisenberg, famous Fantasy Sports Writer.
19. Good friends with his "Holy Rollers" co-star Justin Bartha, and attended Bartha's marriage to Lia Smith.
20. Wrote a book of short stories titled "Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories", and cited the work of Simon Rich (a good friend of his) and B.J. Novak (whose best-selling short story collection was "One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories" as creative inspirations.