In this extended conversation, actor-writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay for “A Real Pain,” talks about his journey as a writer; developing his acclaimed comic-drama about cousins visiting the homeland of their late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor; how acting helped him outgrow being a “miserable kid”; and living a life with one foot (or more) outside the entertainment industry.
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