“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?” WritingMadeActorsActing Author:Jonah Hill
“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.” WorldStoriesEyeActorsSeeingDirectorsSeeing The World Author:Jonah Hill
“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.” TwoActorsComedyHeroDramaBillsDramaticMy HeroGreat ActorsComedicPhilip Author:Jonah Hill
“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.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBookCultureActorsAssumingIntentionExploits Author:Jonah Hill
“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.” MeanDreamKidsActorsShotsCompareCocaineHaving KidsSlow MotionScorsese Author:Jonah Hill
“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."” WantWritingWellsSaidPlayWantedActorsParentGrowing UpGrowing Author:Jonah Hill
“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.” ThinkingWritingI CanSometimesBigsHappensChoicesNextActorsForceBitsActingWiseHugeFreakNext DayGoing To WorkWorkaholicBad Choices Author:Jonah Hill
“I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.” ActorsStarsFilmmakerFanatics Author:Jonah Hill
“The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being funny in certain circumstances in order to do something that makes sense for the story or the character, or emotionally.” DoneCharacterStoriesCertainOrderActorsSacrificeCircumstancesHardestMake SenseBest ThingsHardest ThingBeing Funny Author:Jonah Hill
“When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose wrong, I think - or maybe they're just not good actors, I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsActorsKnownDramaWork OutGood ActorsComedic Author:Jonah Hill
“I'm a different actor than you thought I was. Don't put me in a box. I'm not just some kid running around screaming curse words.” DifferentRunningKidsActorsBoxesCurseCurse Words Author:Jonah Hill
“As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.” WritingActorsComedyHavensDramaDramaticDramatic Writing Author:Jonah Hill
