Jesse Eisenberg Quotes

I guess the more serious you play something, if the context is funny, then it will be funny and it doesn't really require you to be necessarily, explicitly humorous, or silly.

Jesse Eisenberg

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• I guess the more serious you play something, if the context is funny, then it will be funny and it doesn't really require you to be necessarily, explicitly humorous, or silly.

  

  Jesse Eisenberg
  • Funny
  • Serious
  • Silly