DP/30: End of the Tour, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel

They both play real0life characters in this film. Jason Segel plays the famed novelist David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg plays David Lipsky, who spent a few days with Wallace at the end of his book tour for Infinite Jest. The duo discuss celebrity, doing press, and their processes in making the film with David Poland.
Shot in Los Angeles, July 2015
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[@jonathansendker7871]

„Actually kind of a sniper“ - I got goosebumps

[@gregstegeman7102]

I discovered David Foster Wallace quite by accident several years ago and it didn't take long to become fascinated by him and his work. This is a wonderful interview and I can't wait to see the film.

[@chiarapnp]

I came across this movie by chance and absolute loved it!! I can't even explain how much it resonated with me... Thanks for the great interview as always!!

[@rachellorie3332]

Jesse is just so smart and eloquent and well spoken

[@melissamourroux122]

Your interviews are my favorites ! I learn so much with them thank you :)

[@LuqaS15]

Thanks, Dave.

[@simoneswan7344]

awesome interview! very pumped to see this film.

[@ericgrabowski1468]

The "Action " part was hilarious.

[@ninore3899]

is it me or is jason segel the nicest guy on the planet?

[@joecook5689]

I'm sure you're really nice but Jason seems like the nicest guy in the world. So it's a tough call, having never met you and all.

[@joecook5689]

I learned of david foster wallace from the movie. He's quite brilliant.

[@thunderwood]

This may be my favorite interview on your channel (from what I've seen so far!). Thank you!

[@avantgardenovelist]

Great interview and interviewer.

[@tonywalton1052]

I love Jesse Eisenberg, he's the working man's actor w/ his budweiser charm.....

[@owenwilberforce6138]

I like that Jason specifies writing as a path forward to not only being an actor, but also to engage with the uneasy feeling of not being actually employed. In writing, we release the tension of having a thought that needs to be mapped out. That mapping process is the act of self discovery, which helps the writer navigate the difficulty of having no particular currency in the wider world, of being a regular unknown. Turns out, DFW also triumphed over this feeling of emptiness from my way of looking at things by writing his way out of the void. We all feel afraid we may not be worthy, and with writing we search for evidence that we matter as intellects, and by extension, as people.

[@jedixneuf]

They filmed in my city and I almost signed up to be an extra but I chickened out.. :(

[@arpitsrivstva]

oh god really? Why?

[@Mayanna3]

Jesse is so nervous and Jason, like always, so pretty best thing

[@chynnhowe]

You know what’s so weird is Jesse is naturally so similar to David Foster Wallace. He should’ve played him. Although Jason Siegel did a fantastic job.

[@El-up1ri]

Wow they re both super precise with their words. A bit like the characters in the movie.

[@zhanwardona7926]

Jesse Eisenberg is really cute ,especially his hair

[@paigeseldal]

Look up to him! 💙

[@tombovitale2597]

Good interview .Jesse's very nervous why he's talking so fast. Jason is very mellow but both did great in the movie...

[@ufotofu9]

I so hope this film is good.

[@EzeICE]

+Geoffrey Zoref The film is very good in fact. See it with someone, because you are going to want to discuss it afterward

[@QueLindoFilms]

future spoiler: it was.

[@ApplesOranges123]

Jesse Eisenberg is a great actor

[@DemiRonin]

Did you say snacktion? :P

[@tombovitale2597]

They where great in the film with there roles. Jason Segel says in one of other talk show he love to be in a horror. I think that would be awesome he would play a good victim but maybe he can play the murderer or the mass murder cuz Jason Segel so awesome he can practically do anything it looks like in his acting but he's such a sweet guy that I think he would be a great victim in like one of the horror Halloween. His movie buddy Paul Rudd played in a Halloween 6 curse of Michael Myers I think Jason would be great in one of those movies

[@ranigautam2523]

gah!!the moment at 28.47 'or it means evrything' jessi is a fascinating character--seems to really know what he is talking and actually has the intelligence to go deeper than the surface. his interviews are always fascinating to me :) i wonder what the interviewer experience was like--if he had any previous conception of jesse as an actor or celeb and if it changed after the interview??would love to know the thoughts :)

[@dp30]

+Rani Gautam I've interviewed Jesse 4 other times since 2009. Earnest. Smart. Sharp, funny lines.

[@ranigautam2523]

DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood thank you for your response. i was more curious as to see what your perception of jesse was--so ur perceived notion as to who he might be before u had the first interview--then after the interview !!hmmm--wow!!he is not what i expected or he is who i expected him to be? interviewed four times--any changes you have observed over the courses of the interviews ??from the lots of intervies i have seen on youtube, he used to be more fidgety/little bit closed offish at the beginning which i have observed lately he is not as so much

[@ranigautam2523]

29:33 *

[@julietivanov4915]

7:16

[@paigeseldal]

James😭😂

[@Hjgfrfjufdetivjiu]

This Jesse guy plays one role in ever movie, himself

[@Philfa]

The interviewer is not nearly obsequious enough. I get that you're trying to have an organic conversation, but these are fancy people. They're better than we are, and we should be reminded constantly. And yeah, Jason Segel literally says the interview was great at the end, but that's because he's too insecure to demand the exaltation a man of his notoriety is owed.

[@dp30]

Wally Drapes Who loves ya, baby?

[@Conan_Obrien]

Wally Drapes Blowing celebrities can be bad for your health. I hope you use protection. Also, congrats on making it to the O section of the dictionary. I'm sure your 11th grade Lit. teacher is proud.

[@xxwantedxx]

Wally Drapes ain't gonna get anywhere with talk like that lol

[@ronthorn3]

+Wally Drapes Jason Segel sounds like a pretty rad dude, if for some reason I had bumped into him, I'd probably ignore him, because I respect his work, but also respect his privacy. This movie was great by the way, I just watched it, and I def teared up more than a few times. All you do is make me want to vomit.

[@2face789]

+Wally Drapes Did these commenters really not get the sarcasm? I feel that at least 50% of all moral indignation on the internet is from people that doesn't understand sarcasm.