Jesse Eisenberg Gets Acting Tips From College Course

And he insists knowing how human beings think and interact is more useful in front of the camera that tips on acting.

Eisenberg tells the Los Angeles Times, "The classes I've taken in anthropology have been far more helpful for acting than the acting classes I've taken. The way other cultures think, people's emotional inner lives - (studying anthropology) has informed far more what I do in a way that is more interesting to me."