Jesse Eisenberg has chosen to leave Hollywood for a quieter life in Indiana, valuing comfort and stability over the unpredictable nature of the film industry. He and his wife, Anna Strout, have deep roots in Bloomington, where they moved to care for his late mother-in-law. The pandemic allowed Eisenberg to volunteer extensively at a domestic violence shelter, an experience he describes as the happiest of his life, offering him a sense of fulfillment outside of acting that he had never felt before.
I was painting walls and fixing garbage disposals and it was like - it was the first time I had, like, a real job.
During the pandemic, there was no acting work, obviously, and so I was just volunteering every day at the shelter.
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