"I am riding the coattails of her goodwill," Eisenberg said when accepting the best screenplay award on Saturday.

Jesse Eisenberg spoke about the possibility of writing a role for Emma Stone at the Independent Spirit Awards.

I am riding the coattails of her goodwill,' Eisenberg said of Stone, his longtime friend who has become a prolific producer.

Jesse Eisenberg, in heading to Oscar night where his A Real Pain is up for Best Original Screenplay, spoke today at the Spirits backstage about his on-set bromance with Kieran Culkin; the Searchlight Sundance acquisition actually about the complex relationship of two cousins traveling to Auschwitz.