Quotes by

Jonah Hill

Im 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. – Jonah Hill

Besides the fact that I make movies, theres nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately. – Jonah Hill

Once you make a movie like Superbad, when its popular and youre the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and theres a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture. – Jonah Hill

I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because youre 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. – Jonah Hill

Look, at the same time that I dont want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. Id be a baby and a fool to be like, Why are there cameras taking pictures of me? when Im on a billboard for a movie. I think thats a very absurd concept. – Jonah Hill

Im really proud of Moneyball. To me, its about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when Im an old man Ill be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. Thats all I can really go for: making movies to please me. – Jonah Hill

I love it, man Im 23 years old and Im lucky enough to write movies as a job! I just feel really blessed and cant believe its happening. – Jonah Hill

I love my parents. But Im almost 28 and its 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. Its this juxtaposition of feeling annoyed and really lucky to have people who love you so much. – Jonah Hill

Funny People is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though its a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didnt feel like I was playing myself. Whether its a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible. – Jonah Hill

The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like Mad Men is disgusting. Its a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it. – Jonah Hill

I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and dont be stupid freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and Im lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so theres no need to be greedy. – Jonah Hill

I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then Im psyched. – Jonah Hill

Ive never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy… Ive always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasnt like, Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school. I had a great high-school experience. – Jonah Hill

Ive 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, its important to knock them down a peg. – Jonah Hill

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 couldnt do that in real life. – Jonah Hill

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal. – Jonah Hill

I grew up with baseball I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one. – Jonah Hill