Jesse Eisenberg Quotes

I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good.

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• I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good.

  

  Jesse Eisenberg
  • Good
  • Feeling
  • Amazing