Mark Zuckerberg: "The Social Network" Got My Shirts and Fleeces Right

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, at the NBC News' "Education Nation" Summit, in New York, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.

/ Richard Drew/AP

Speaking at Startup School at Stanford University Saturday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was asked about "The Social Network," the highly regarded Oscar-worthy movie, which portrays him as an awkward, brilliant nerd trying to get girls and screwing over his friends.

Zuckerberg took the opportunity, in a relaxed atmosphere close to home, to share his startup story and comment on "The Social Network."

At the beginning of the interview, Zuckerberg was asked to talk about the "old days."

"Why talk about the old days....A movie just came out that is 100 percent accurate," he quipped.

Zuckerberg was later asked about the difference between the movie and the reality he experienced creating Facebook.

"Where do you want to start," he asked. Every shirt and fleece worn by the actor, Jesse Eisenberg, who played him in the movie was one that he had actually worn, Zuckerberg said. The movie got a lot of stuff wrong and random details right, he said.

Reviewing the film thematically, Zuckerberg said it featured a girl who was not part of his real life and dumps him, which he joked happened a lot to him in real life. "They framed it as if I wanted to get girls or into some social institution," Zuckerberg said. "I've been dating the same girl since before Facebook."

He concluded the the film makers "can't wrap their head around the idea that someone might build something because they like building things."

[dws61971]

Is the girl he's been dating from the Niagara Falls Area?? Classic Nerd to riches story, and the guy can't just say thank you for making my life story into a movie. What a schmuck!

[joeovercoat]

Interesting to hear Zuckerberg's take on the movie making so much money off of his fame: "can't wrap their head around the idea that someone might build something because they like building things" sounds very wise, indeed.

[lucastetrault]

His comments blatantly show how the movie actually depicts him correctly. He is arrogant, self-assured and doesn't try to be an as*hole but he still ends up being that way regardless. It's that type of attitude that is directly reflected with his negative comments about a great movie that is more of a reflection upon today's society rather than its depiction of someone's character.

For someone who is the "youngest billionaire" you would think that he would carry himself a bit more professionally and actually answer the questions that were asked rather than make snide remarks.

Yep, I guess the movie makers just really got Zuckerberg pinned wrong ... (insert sarcastic chuckle here)

[runner31]

@lucastetrault

I could not agree moar

[iantashima]

Who f-ing cares? How is this news? Seriously, when getting a hoodie right makes the "headline" news, it means one of two things: either how dumb we've become as consumers, or how feeble minded the news industry believes the audience to be. I'm starting be believe the former, and the latter is true as consequence of it. CBS, you better rethink what constitutes "newsworthy."

[Jhihmoac]

Trying to get girls and screwing over friends...and then when you're successful and married, it's the other way around...

[samXXkiley]

coucou,

He concluded the the film makers "can't wrap their head around the idea that someone might build something because they like building things."
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on dirait que mark n'est pas content de "l'image" qui l'a d?crit dans le film, ne vous en faites pas le cin?ma, c'est de la fiction aussi, vos amis et proches, vous connaissent, ils sauront faire la diff?rence, au revoir