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Daily Inspiration Quote by Jesse Eisenberg

"Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day"

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Eisenberg’s refusal to have a Facebook page lands as a neat little self-own: a celebrity acknowledging that his entire job already involves talking about himself, then drawing a line at doing it for free in the infinite scroll. The joke isn’t anti-technology so much as anti-additional-exposure. He frames social media as redundant for someone whose persona is already being packaged, quoted, and archived by the internet with or without his consent. That’s the subtext: opting out isn’t purity, it’s triage.

The second sentence is where the quote gets culturally honest. “If I wasn’t in this position, I’m sure I would use it every day” punctures any whiff of superiority. He admits the platform’s gravity and his own susceptibility to it. The intent reads like a preemptive defense against the familiar celebrity move of treating social media as beneath them while still benefiting from its attention economy. Eisenberg doesn’t pretend he’s immune; he’s just overloaded.

Context matters, too: Eisenberg is indelibly linked to Facebook through The Social Network, where he played Mark Zuckerberg as a twitchy avatar of ambition and alienation. Even when he’s not promoting that film, the association follows him. So his “little interest” doubles as a quiet rejection of being drafted into that mythos in real life. It’s a small, human claim to privacy in an era that mistakes constant self-narration for authenticity.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Eisenberg, Jesse. (2026, January 17). Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-dont-have-a-facebook-page-because-i-have-78590/

Chicago Style
Eisenberg, Jesse. "Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-dont-have-a-facebook-page-because-i-have-78590/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/look-i-dont-have-a-facebook-page-because-i-have-78590/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jesse Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is a Actor from USA.

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