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And I was with Megan Fox, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, and me, Tracy Morgan. It was fun,\" Bettany said.\u003cbr/\u003eBut that doesn't mean the star wasn't nervous to perform in front of a live audience.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The last time, the last time I appeared on a stage was 1998. So there's a reason that there's been was a hiatus. It was terrifying. As terrifying as nobody trying to kill you is. I was - I've never played the piano before, or sung in front of an audience before, and I had to do both this evening, and it was terrifying, but fun,\" Bettany said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Social Network\" star Jessie Eisenberg appeared with his friend and off-Broadway castmate Justin Bartha. \u003cbr/\u003eEisenberg is quite familiar with the organization.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well this is the tenth anniversary of the 24 Hours Plays, but Urban Arts Partnership, the organization that it benefits, has been around even longer. They provide arts education to 12,000 under served students in New York City, it's exactly what saved my life, being in the Arts, when I was younger. To me it's one of the most important organizations that you could have in a city,\" Eisenberg said.\u003cbr/\u003eProviding comic relief to the red carpet was \"American Pie' star Jason Biggs and comedy actor Justin Long.\u003cbr/\u003e\"In addition to being fun, and a great time. It's the best of both worlds because it's - it's really a great charity, it really is, supporting kids and the Arts and education, and really, there's nothing better, except famine, maybe,\" he said, before Biggs pushed him to qualify his point.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I thought you meant that there's nothing better in the world except for famine,\" teased Biggs. \"Famine is fun. I love famine.  I love a good famine. I thought that's what you were saying. That you love a good famine.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Famine is so bad that the charity for it is that much better,\" Biggs cleared up.   \u003cbr/\u003eAs for getting nervous, the boys were not shy about sharing their feelings.\u003cbr/\u003eBiggs used an expletive in the affirmative, while Long looked to bodily functions.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year's production of The 24 Hour Plays featured a special 10th anniversary theme to celebrate the success of the partnership and the thousands of students who have benefited from programs made possible by the fundraiser.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 14 November 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of American Airlines Theater, zoom in on marquee\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium of American Airlines Theater lobby\u003cbr/\u003e3. 24 Hour plays signage\u003cbr/\u003e4. Medium of B.B. King blues club\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Paul Bettany posing for photographers \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Bettany/Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was with a play written by Rachel Axler. And I was with Megan Fox, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, and me, Tracy Morgan. It was fun.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of Billy Crudup posing for photographers \u003cbr/\u003e8. Medium of Paul Bettany posing for photographers \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Bettany/Actor \u003cbr/\u003e\"The last time, the last time I appeared on a stage was 1998. So there's a reason that there's been was a hiatus. It was terrifying. As terrifying as nobody trying to kill you is. I was - I've never played the piano before, or sung in front of an audience before, and I had to do both this evening, and it was terrifying, but fun.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Jessie Eisenberg s posing for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessie Eisenberg /actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well this is the tenth anniversary of the 24 Hours Plays, but Urban Arts Partnership, the organization that it benefits, has been around even longer. They provide arts education to 12,000 under served students in New York City, it's exactly what saved my life, being in the Arts, when I was younger. To me it's one of the most important organizations that you could have in a city.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of Rosie Perez posing on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Carla Gugino /Actress\u003cbr/\u003e\"I did. I did. It is, I'm sure you've heard a very nerve-racking experience. And if the cause wasn't so good, I don't know if any of us would do it. But it is so much fun. I was in a play that Terrence McNally wrote, and so that's an honor anyway. Tricky to learn the lines in six or seven hours, but an extraordinary night. The Urban Arts foundation is so extraordinary, and the fact that we get to raise money for the arts and children's education in the arts feels very special.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of actress Rutina Wesley\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rutina Wesley/Actress: \"It just was an amazing experience, tonight I'm still like shaking because I'm so overwhelmed.\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: You just came off an Off-Broadway Run, did that make easier?\u003cbr/\u003eWesley: \"It did, but comedy is tough. When you have something like this, when you do it 24 hours, it's almost like it's live. You got one shot, you know. But it was fun. It was - when it was over, I'm like, I'm good. When it was over. But before I was so nervous.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Medium of Justin Long and Jason Biggs talking to reporter \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Justin Long /Actor \u003cbr/\u003e\"In addition to being fun and a great time it's the best of both worlds because it's - it's really a great charity, it really is, supporting kids and the Arts and education, and really, there's nothing better, except famine, maybe.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Jason Biggs /Actor\u003cbr/\u003e\"Except famine?\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"Better charities.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"Wait, you're saying famine is better?\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"No I'm saying famine is a worst thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"I thought you meant that there's nothing better in the world except for famine. Famine is fun. I love famine.  I love a good famine. I thought that's what you were saying. That you love a good famine.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"Famine is so bad that the charity for it is that much better.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"But there is - is there a good famine?\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long:\"I don't want to qualify charities\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"I don't want to do that either. All charities are great.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium of Jason Biggs posing for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e++++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE:  Soundbite contains profanity++++\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Biggs /Actor, on getting nervous while on stage:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Fuck yeah. Sorry\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"Feel this.\" (lifts his arm) I'll explain it with my armpit. Feel it.\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"Oh it's soaking wet.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"I think that answers your question.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"The nerves backstage I can tell you were real and very present. Very, very - I mean everyone had them. It was like - everyone had them. The energy - you only have a very, very limited time to put it together. The live audience, it's very real.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"With all the things you have to remember with your lines, the blocking, all the stuff you work on for one day. What I found, was that at the forefront of my mind, my very limited mind, all I could really concentrate on was my sphincter, at the end, and controlling it. I'm not even kidding. It becomes a gastro-intestinal situation and not so much remembering lines and blocking situation\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"Just trying not to shit your pants.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJustin Long: \"Not to put too fine a point on it.  And isn't that what life is about?\"\u003cbr/\u003eJason Biggs: \"All I could think about was Justin's sphincter the entire time.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. 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