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Jonah Hill, born on December 20, 1983, is an accomplished actor from the United States. Known for his versatile performances in both comedies and dramas, Hill has won the admiration of audiences and critical acclaim.

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“Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer?”

Writing Made Actors Acting

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“As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're seeing the world through your eyes.”

World Stories Eye Actors Seeing Directors Seeing The World

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“I always say I want to eventually shift my career to directing and writing.”

Want Writing Careers

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“The great romance of your youth is your best friend at that age.”

Age Romance Youth Your Best Friend Great Romance

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“'Allen Gregory' came about because we wanted an animated show and we were just tossing around some ideas about me playing a 7-year-old. We thought that would be cool, because we couldn't do that in real life.”

Years Ideas Real Shows Would Be Wanted Real Life Animated Being Cool

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“It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world. Not that I'm great or good at it or anything, it's just that I've done a bunch of them, so you're not shocked.”

People Thinking World Giving Done Film Can Do Comedy Expectations Bunch Shock Unexpected Shocked You Can Do It Underdog

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“My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.”

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“I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.”

People Thinking Want Writing Book Culture Actors Assuming Intention Exploits

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“Once you make a movie like 'Superbad,' when it's popular and you're the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and there's a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture.”

Kind Culture Pops All Kinds Temptation Relevance Pop Culture Bad Movies

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“When a movie like 'Superbad' or 'Moneyball' comes out, people make you feel like you're the most important person on the planet. The truth is, you're a billion percent not the most important person on the planet. It's all insulated in your world and no one could care less. It's just a movie.”

People World Feels Persons Important Care Planets Like You Truth Is Percent Billions Important Person Most Important Person Could Care Less

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“When I first met the world, basically, or introduced myself to people, I was in 'Superbad,' and I feel the same way I felt promoting 'Superbad' in an underdog style that I feel promoting 'Moneyball.'”

People World Way Feels Firsts Felt Style Mets Promoting Underdog

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“It wasn't like, 'I'ma lose weight and start doing dramas.' I wanted to be healthier, and that was the impetus for wanting to lose weight - it's just about being healthy and feeling good.”

Feelings Wanted Loses Healthy Drama Weight Feel Good Lose Weight Impetus

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“Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.”

Writing Two Important Bigs Wanted Young Acting Careers Wise Aspect Yeah

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“I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to it. Except maybe having kids.”

Mean Dream Kids Actors Shots Compare Cocaine Having Kids Slow Motion Scorsese

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“The great thing about 'Allen Gregory' is that we try to make it really questionable that the things he says have happened, have really happened. We like that ambiguity.”

Trying Happened Great Things Ambiguity Questionable

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“I love my parents. But I'm almost 28 and it's not fun to be asked, 'What are you doing today? What do you want for dinner? When are you going to be home?' It just makes you feel like a kid. It's this juxtaposition of feeling annoyed and really lucky to have people who love you so much.”

People Want Feels Feelings Home Kids Today Fun Parent Love You Lucky Dinner Annoyed Juxtaposition Love You So Much Love My Parents I Love My Parents

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“I play a lot of games on my iPhone. There is a game called Rat on a Scooter that I will promote as much as possible because it has brought me so much joy.”

Play Joy Games Rats Iphone Scooters

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“I'm sure a bunch of 15-year-old kids would way rather I do 'Superbad 2 than 'Moneyball.' But I would love to do movies like 'Superbad' and movies like 'Moneyball.'”

Way Years Kids Bunch

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“I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'”

Writing Firsts Heart Littles Play Film Acting Auditions

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“I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.”

Thinking Men Made I Can Shows Feelings Able Pride Proud Please Old Man Grandkids Please Me

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“I was thin in high school and then I gained weight. I went to a nutritionist. I learned for the first time about what things are healthy to eat, basically.”

Firsts School Healthy High School First Time Weight Nutritionist

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“You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them.”

Feels Promise Obligation Trusting You

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“I mostly make R-rated movies. To make a movie that one day if I have kids or my nephews want t watch, I can show them without being put in prison. It would be really nice.”

Ifs Want I Can Shows Would Be Kids Watches Nice One Day Prison Really Nice Nephew

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“The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.”

Want Hard Character Comedy Succeed

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“I'm a lifelong Simpsons fanatic and I wanted to create my own animated show, one day.”

Shows Wanted My Own One Day Lifelong Fanatics Animated

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“When I was growing up, my parents asked me what I wanted to do, and I said that I wanted to live in Springfield. They were like, "Well, that's not how it works. There is an actor who play Homer, and someone who writes what Homer says." So, I was like, "Well, I want to write what Homer says."”

Want Writing Wells Said Play Wanted Actors Parent Growing Up Growing

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“If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy. If you're trying to have a normal conversation, you've got to have a normal conversation. If you're trying to make them sad, you've got to make them sad. I think that's how you get real performances out of people.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Real Conversation Normal Performances Get Real Make Someone Happy

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“When you go out to make something, you want it to be great. You need to put a bubble around that, so no one can get into the force field and change what you're setting out to make. That's all us being producers is doing, is allowing our power to protect the integrity of what you're doing.”

Want Needs Force Fields Integrity Protect Setting Producers Settings Allowing Bubbles Force Fields

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“There are a lot of things going into making a movie. So many things can go wrong. So many people that need to show up and bring their "A" game. If one thing is out of place, the whole movie can fall apart.”

People Ifs Needs Whole Shows Fall Games One Thing Falling Apart

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“Be open to other people's ideas. Don't get arrogant about your ideas. Shoot a lot of options so you're not stuck with just one version of something.”

People Ideas Stuck Versions Just One Arrogant

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“You just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility.”

Bigs Choices Strong Responsibility Stupid Freedom Of Choice Big Responsibility

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“Sometimes what happens I think is that actors finish a movie and they go, oh my god, I'm never going to work again, even big huge actors, and so they'll take something thinking that something else will never come along. But for me, I freak out - because I'm a bit of a workaholic - the second I finish a movie going oh my god, what am I going to do, but I can start writing the next day so it doesn't force me to make a bad choice acting-wise.”

Thinking Writing I Can Sometimes Bigs Happens Choices Next Actors Force Bits Acting Wise Huge Freak Next Day Going To Work Workaholic Bad Choices

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“If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy.”

Ifs Trying Make Someone Happy

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“Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.”

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“I'm too judgmental of other people putting themselves out there in any way, I guess.”

People Way Judgmental

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“I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.”

People Mean Hard Hard Work

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“When you create something you're free to explore it however you want to do it.”

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“I like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions.”

People Conversation

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“I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.”

Way Important Different Play Character I've Learned Jerk Pretentious Obnoxious Different Characters Peg

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“All this stuff is so mind-blowing to me that I get to do in my life. Throwing the first pitch out at the White Sox game on a random Wednesday? Like who am I? How did I get this life? I'm glad I'm not jaded, and little kids are the least jaded people in the entire world, so it's fun to be around people that still find wonder in how cool things are.”

People World Mind Firsts Littles Stills Kids Games Fun Stuff White Wonder Glad This Life Throwing Little Kid Wednesday Mind Blowing Cool Things Jaded

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“I run and do a lot of push-ups and eat healthy.”

Running Healthy Push Ups

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“'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.”

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“It's harder to be funny if you're handsome than if you're very normal-looking. It's just more relatable. You're the underdog. I mean it's funny to see people struggle, and you don't buy that Brad Pitt is struggling, you know that guy could be the most skill-less guy in the world, but if you look like that you will be fine for the rest of your life.”

People Ifs Knows World Looks Mean Guy Struggle Fine Skills Normal Harder Handsome Rest Of Your Life Relatable That Guy Underdog Brad

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“I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.”

Needs Enough Bigs Care Choices Strong Stuff Pay Responsibility Stupid Lucky I Care Greedy Freedom Of Choice Big Responsibility

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“I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, "Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school." I had a great high-school experience.”

Men School Guy Left Issues High School Loved Ones Void Popularity School Experience

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“Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure.”

Influence Brooks

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“Besides the fact that I make movies, there's nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately.”

Facts Interesting

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“Germany's amongst my top three places in the world I'd like to live.”

World Three Germany Places In The World

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“I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.”

Actors Stars Filmmaker Fanatics

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“I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched.”

Ifs Life Is Turns Assuming Rose

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Born: December 20, 1983
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 102

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