Jesse Eisenberg, "Bream Gives Me Hiccups"

To accomplishments that include writing and acting in plays-most recently with Vanessa Redgrave-publishing in The New Yorker, and being nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Social Network, Eisenberg now adds a lively collection of short fiction. As likely to take place in a college dorm as in ancient Pompeii, the stories feature a diverse cast of characters and their miscommunications, from Alexander Graham Bell frustrated in reaching someone by phone, to a couple whose email exchange is hijacked by a relative obsessed with Bosnia.
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[@qqwweerrttyy1ify]

I just recently became obsessed with this amazing man.

[@waltraudheidenthal7883]

Me too.

[@rocarvalho82]

My favorite hunchback

[@gummybears50]

same!!!!

[@TheMemoryPolice]

Me too. I love him.

[@elizabeth7sj222]

Me too!!

[@varrakuda]

can the world stop ignoring the fact that he's a genius?

[@ameliahelen8567]

fr

[@LaviFuckenStrider]

I wonder what thoughts he's going through when they asked him questions about his work as an actor; not his book and if he minds.

[@4everfelice]

Tobias Salvatto, who's ignoring? Not me 😁

[@lindab5399]

NO they might make a movie about him! 😂

[@lindakim736]

i've been watching jesse eisenberg videos for hours and it's such an amazing alternative to doing schoolwork. why have i not done this before

[@annikajyothi9373]

Linda Kim literally me for the past 3 hours😂

[@realSimoneCherie]

Linda Kim respect

[@marys1752]

It's 4 .30 AM and I told myself I'd take this all nighter to get some deadlines done. So yep.

[@jodie2763]

Jesse is so precious and needs to be protected at all costs

[@Michellecici4]

@Careful Icarus I sure am 😏

[@stefaniecallista5027]

OMGGGG HE'S SO ATTRACTIVE

[@naomilomeli6995]

Omg!! Yes

[@jodie2763]

Stefanie Callista YESSSSS

[@aren1998]

Yes

[@callmecoco9132]

I love Jesse's humor , and I've seen all his interviews. I wish he would do more interviews just so I can hear him talk.

[@proximacentauri2684]

You can tell in the way he speaks and acts that he's a complete genius. I'm honestly surprised he doesn't compose music, speak 30 languages and play the piano

[@violetgirl1996]

i hope one day he wins an actual award and also oscar

[@hobbitlover3580]

lol his sister reaction to what he says about her room is the best!

[@Amonny]

This was great!!! His humor is so witty!

[@MilkIsL3git]

It's like he's preparing for the lead role in the eventual Bernie Sanders biopic

[@reine3149]

that

[@finnsmith5299]

This man is so brilliant.

[@shadow8277]

I love Jesse so much he's so cute and awkward

[@ravenbeadnell1789]

Love jesse to lm he Biggers fan

[@cecilias5493]

He is smart and funny, and handsome :)

[@Ashish4431]

A true inspired actor I want to work with you Jesse

[@talytasbarcelos]

When every related video with Jesse alredy has the new red bar. I have a problem.

[@rebeccasewell7747]

Bless him, he's so cute, Jesse is such a genius for writing a book, I need this now, I shall go and bribe my parents

[@sophiamaria9005]

If you pay attention to Jesse while his sister was reading, you could see he is winking at someone! Wonder who he was winking at.

[@stdylxn]

I noticed it also!

[@saraeli8626]

he winks like at least 5 times throughout the whole thing lol there's another one at 57:06

[@stdylxn]

Maybe they were using the winks as "codes" like.. To communicate or to tell someone when to start talking...

[@saraeli8626]

SharkyPlayz well, whatever it is, it's cute

[@violetgirl1996]

Sophia Maria Tau me haha *dreamz*

[@hobbitlover3580]

I need this book!

[@alonzotanner1226]

Wow, I have to say.... I've only seen him as Mark Zuckerberg and Lex Luthor and I didn't like his performance in either role. However, after seeing how he is in reality here, I get a completely humble and likable vibe off of him. I'm glad I saw this. This video gave me a new appreciation for the guy and I'll probably look back on his works that I've seen and will give anything else I see him in a wider berth from now on. His relationship with his sister is also heartwarming. I'm sorry I didn't appreciate him. Now I do. He gives me kind of a young, fast talking Woody Allen vibe. In fact, I think he'd be my first choice to play Woody Allen if ever there was a biopic of him and I think he'd do a MAGNIFICENT job. You're okay in my book, Jesse Eisenberg. Bless you.

[@kaprolka-nx5nw]

He is so underrated. Such a good mind.!

[@ThingsAndAllThat]

I love the dynamics between Jesse and his sister. both are great!!

[@sheilagamo3236]

I will be getting myself a copy of this book.

[@amittesukku]

"If men were more forthcoming with their emotions, I would be normal"

[@natasa04tsats15]

Did i just watch a whole hour of this? Yes i did Would i do this again? Absolutely

[@HennieBounds]

Love Jesse! His sister played his sister in the movie Holy Rollers. Highly recommend it!

[@studiofoots8143]

I AM IN LOVE WITH HIS SENSE OF HUMOR!

[@fernandagazpar9397]

Jesse Eisenberg it's so cute!! I love him 😍

[@emmasasinkova6675]

I totally love him. He´s so cute.

[@celifacejones]

Oh my god that's his sister?! Now I feel old.

[@clevermoron]

He always makes me laugh. Such a sweet, intelligent guy. And I love the rapport between him and Hallie. I watched them grow up on the screen. I feel old...:-/

[@oxpytxo9801]

Just When i thought i couldn't love him more!

[@nathanter7622]

its his SISTERRR!!!!

[@xmenpage]

HOLY SHIT!!!

[@jacobehart4067]

she was in Pepsi commercials and she was in the movie Paulie 20 years ago

[@yabadobadoba]

SHE PLAYED HELEN KELLER!!!

[@ellie9085]

AND HER NAME IS HALLIE EISENBERG

[@lilly1659]

Great actor, writer and smart guy, I love Jesse!

[@Sarasdad91]

I think it's so cool how him and his sister are so close. A relationship that is not unlike Richard and Karen Carpenter.

[@scoobyfan4life816]

Finally got a copy of bream gives me hiccups love the book been wanting it years

[@Akshay-jm4hs]

He just motivated me to do some work i like...

[@LittleMak1]

its so good to see Hallie b/c i haven't seen her since the 90's. love Jesse since Now You See Me

[@senthilvelan544]

I'll have to attempt to compensate my love for jessie by marrying her sister. She's adorable.

[@bluebirdie268]

his*

[@maplesyrupppp]

His sister had grown a lot wow... she was in "The Miracle Worker"

[@susane7221]

She was also in bicentennial man with Robin Williams.

[@deshawnwilliams1149]

loved Hallie in Paulie x

[@julioagosto8709]

I remembered her in how to eat fried worms

[@pradnyakshirsagar1338]

28:50 he winked at somebody... That was cute..

[@cbnh239]

whenever he said because my heart melts a bit >w

[@Iyana]

He's such an interesting person. He reminds me of my friend who has a bit of an atypical personality.

[@zazagarbo]

He`s great

[@fairone1000]

First I saw Hallie Eisenburg in The Miracle Worker. That lead me to Live with Regis and Kathy Lee and then to this. I had no idea he was her brother! She's still adorable and has the same beautiful hair and of course the dimples!

[@cbnh239]

He's such an incredible and such an interesting person >w

[@mylink.orb17]

"We don't know if he's gentle, but he seemed it." He is just too fucking funny.

[@AaronSaltzer]

Hallie's voice sounds like Anna Kendrick's.

[@adamw116]

Wow, sort of, I'm Jewish and she sounds more Jewish then him. Kendrick sounds a little more cute and squeaky, her pitch is a little higher then Hallie's.

[@zixinding9846]

OMG Jesse is so great and his sister is beautiful!!!

[@mopazo7]

Jesse Eisenberg is absolutely brilliant.

[@melaniaosorio]

I love Jesse so much!

[@vaibhavsharma8081]

I love audience ask real questions not just for the sake of questioning

[@smallchild1545]

Omg his sister Hallie Eisenberg was actually the little girl from the movie Paulie (1998). This just blew my mind!

[@1_alwaysbelieve]

It blew my mind that he was her brother! Paulie was one of my favorite movies growing up, I watched it like a billion times. My mom ended up hiding the vhs tape because she got tired of watching it. I had no recollection of actually watching it when I stumbled upon it years later on a streaming service. I vaguely remembered seeing the name on a vhs tape & went to ask her about it.... she was just like "no, no, no, no, no!" & upon finding out it bothered her, I watched it a million more times on my phone 😅 I saw Jesse play Zuckerburg after this happened & didn't know he was her brother until right now. (I just saw a clip from The Miracle Worker where Hallie played Helen Keller on fb & went to look her up to make sure it was who I thought & then got curious as to what happened with her & ended up here lol)

[@mylink.orb17]

Anyone familiar with old school VeggieTales... when she reads his intro, it's like Bob & Larry's "Song of the Cucumber"

[@emmmalena]

i feel a severe need to be the person he keeps winking at from the tenth minute or so. i think jesse could make everything bad about the world go away like that.

[@Menaji24]

Someone please!!!! What does he say to his sister? at 9:04 ........sorry my english is really bad

[@claudiatalbott111]

I think he said banter

[@Menaji24]

thank you!

[@jess-fn6vi]

watching this made me want to clear my throat constantly, still love him though

[@duchess8762]

His sister played Helen keller.

[@se9asaturn]

omg i've only seen his sister in the miracle worker, she's all grown up now.

[@gabbyvalerio1859]

To everyone who thinks Jesse is attractive and wonderful, LETS BE FRIENDS!!!!

[@lexusrcflover9175]

She was the Pepsi girl in the 90s!

[@I-speak-U-shut-it]

WTF THAT'S HEEER?!!!

[@Maikonix]

I still remember her from the pepsi commercials!

[@zixinding9846]

Jesse is so humorous!!!

[@michaellieberman114]

I'm curious, is he acting nervous or is he genuinly nervous? He isn't usually very nervous in this type of situation and he's a great actor. Maybe its just his voice or... idk

[@gabrielbassani3365]

I guess he felt like he was not living up to the crowd's expectation. I mean because of his voice. But then he probably gained more confidence since everyone laughed at his jokes and puns.

[@magoacido8016]

he is a smol being that needs to be in shelter at all costs.

[@dlowror]

oh no

[@marie-bm6lf]

i like this a lot but the sound of his throat made me want to clear mine

[@psychosis5041]

She was in Paulie!

[@xmenpage]

Who? Jesse? The fuck is a Paulie anyway? Is it new?

[@psychosis5041]

+Ellen Philpotts-Page Yes, Jesse!...Not his sister, I don't believe I've ever seen her before...

[@vesnarajic5276]

He is amazing, but sister is more amazing 😁♥️♥️

[@hardingsioban]

Hallie came into Barry's village deli my father use to work there, I met her when I was little so cool

[@hayeon4153]

Wow they both talk fast

[@kulsumchoudhary9484]

Jesse in glasses ❤

[@otmancool]

0 dislikes.. nice :D

[@callmecoco9132]

3 dislikes now :(

[@PedroHenrique-zg7xi]

Jesse eiseberg ❤

[@laila7888]

Oh, Jesse's voice... I'm worried about him.

[@anushkajha2884]

I freaking love him so much oh my goshhh

[@jenniferbarnett6458]

wowowowowow his mind!!!

[@neptunejoo]

I am so wanting him as brother

[@lilyrussell7900]

气氛好好

[@ramonasoants4899]

so witty and cute

[@violetgirl1996]

hez gorgeous and that girl jesse is also really beautiful

[@lids4046]

Anyone please tell me if i should get this book or not

[@lovejesseeisenberg2281]

It's good.

[@LisD17]

I definitely recommend it! It's very funny, yet very intelligently written. He's really a great writer.

[@arktana]

+.Biba___ White totally recommend it

[@lids4046]

+arktana yah i got it and its GREAT!

[@lovejesseeisenberg2281]

Biba___ White Same, it's amazing! favorite actor and author! BTW I accidentally spelled 'author' wrong and it said Luthor instead *Squeal*

[@annahkreyling-hoag8068]

Ah this reminds me of my brother and I..... Expect he didn't write a book and I slapped him with a magic tree house book Good times good times

[@Danicho140]

I really love hallie :-)

[@adamw116]

I tell ya if it wasn't for Ledger's performance as The Joker I really would have appreciated Eisenberg's performance in BVS much more. As a fan of Superman's mythology all my life I can't say that Eisenberg's casting was ideal from the get go. But it was defenitely interesting! It was actually very disappointing that Justice League was so awful. Sans the post credit sequence where Eisenberg's, newly toned down Lex was on his yacht interviewing for members of what was obviously going to be The Legion of Doom. Eisenberg is actually a very intense actor and even though the frenetic Asperger's like tick filled, psychosis of his Luthor may have seemed a bit much, he did his best trying to convey how diabolical the character was. As well as out of his mind! After that yacht scene I kind of want him to continue with the role. Even more then Jared Leto's Joker. It might have been interesting to see both of these guys onscreen together in those or outside of them. But I doubt any of these events will happen now with the WB's/DC's solo character success. This reading obviously proves he is a charming, intelligent, witty dude. I haven't read anything about him lately political. So crossing my fingers that Eisenberg although obviously liberal, not necessarily that in itself is always a bad thing, is somewhat more logical and overbearing in his thinking then most of his Hollywood peers. The dude's also New York Jewish born and we share the same name, his as the middle, Adam.

[@sidewalksurf800]

Y’all know hallie was the little Pepsi girl back in the day

[@cslance6863]

Dang Erc!! 👀

[@yahbin77]

In the movie.. She lived the Hellen Keller role.

[@cheesyseizure]

OMG no dislikes as of 9/30/16.

[@besitos726]

He reminds me of my friend Drew

[@I-speak-U-shut-it]

Tell me about Drew

[@user-xw6dz9hb8c]

jesse 嗓子哑了好心疼

[@nocap7885]

"Um?"

[@zixinding9846]

Oh jesse's voice : ( he needs more relax and sleep, instead of talking. Just want him get better fast

[@mrgeorgeconstantinou]

That's 'Little Miss' 🙂

[@charlotted1321]

he's so funny XD

[@mirkx7382]

He is nervous on stage ah so INTP.

[@ravenbeadnell1789]

hi jesse

[@mylink.orb17]

Wait, was she an actress when she was little? Those adorable dimples look VERY familiar... To google I go!

[@mylink.orb17]

Aha! Hallie was the Pepsi Girl! And the cutie from Paulie.

[@derinkocer11]

Maybe he's the new Woody in someway.

[@rcronico1]

too contrived...allegations aside, woody is natural.

[@SadGirl2001]

GoNadz69 rapist is more specific don't try be clever

[@joannajones8533]

i hope NOT!!!! He looks like a Wonderful guy - God Forbid he becomes like Woody Allen!

[@bosskvngchainsmt3626]

But he gets stuck when he talk fast poor guy god bless

[@kanayanakita7600]

My sister says jesse is handsome

[@zixinding9846]

Jesse is handsome definitely : )