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What do you find yourself getting fixated on?

I've been fixated on trying to remember if I went two, three, one with the first

round of cards and if I should do that again or if I should change it up. And I guess this

speaks to a larger truth, which is just like I get fixated on complete and utter irrelevance.

I'm Rachel Martin, and this is Wildcard, the game where cards control the conversation.

Each week, my guest answers questions about their life pulled from a deck of cards.

They're allowed to skip one or flip one back on me.

My guest this week is actor, writer, director, Jesse Eisenberg.

My preoccupation in my life is like, how do I try to find meaning in a life that seems

too good for what my expectations were for my life?

I appreciate Jesse Eisenberg not just because he's really good at acting, but because he helps me raise my kids.

What, you ask?

Okay, so that was unnecessarily provocative,

but here's what I mean. Jesse tends to play these male characters with deep interior lives.

Characters who spend a lot of time feeling things like anxiety, fear, and insecurity.

They are also big, hearted, and kind. And on screen, we see Jesse's characters trying to find their place in a world where men are expected to flatten their vulnerabilities and all their emotions to fit into some antiquated definition of masculinity.

Okay, so what does this have to do with my kids?

Well, I've got two boys.

They are 10 and 12.

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