Dumb comedies need smart actors: Eisenberg

London: 'Social Network' actor Jesse Eisenberg believes that one needs to be intelligent to make "dumb comedies".

"You actually have to be pretty smart to do dumb comedies well. There's a genius involved with comedy - when it's good - that even the best dramatist could never even hope to understand," contactmusic.com quoted the 27-year-old as saying.

"And I'm happy to give myself over to people like the director Rueben Fleischer when it comes to such comedy. Audiences get it, and that's the most important thing. Right?" he added.