Jesse Eisenberg is grateful for his friendship with Emma Stone. The “A Real Pain” writer and star gushed about Stone’s support of his career as a writer while he accepted the award for best screenplay at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.

"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.

Jesse Eisenberg shocked his former Zombieland costar Emma Stone with a sweet shout-out during his Best Screenplay acceptance speech at the Independent Spirit Awards. On Saturday, February 22, Eisenberg,

I think about her not as my producer, but like a fairy godmother, that I am riding the coattails of her goodwill.”

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