Quote

I think it's kind of strange when people talk about how hyped-up the movie is. It almost sets you up for a bigger fall.

Jonah Hill

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jonah Hill
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: December 20
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
LA
California
Jonah Hill Feldstein
Fall
Kind
Hyped
Sets
Think
Bigger
Thinking
Strange
People
Movie
Almost
Talk

More quotes by Jonah Hill

Image
I've never been into just really silly stuff.
Jonah Hill
Image
When you do your comedy and your drama, your acting style doesn't change. If it's a comedy, the situations and the characters might be a little funnier, but you're just trying to be honest.
Jonah Hill
Image
I like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions.
Jonah Hill
Image
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
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
When I look at interviews from when I was that age, I come off different than how I am because I've matured - and I've matured, become a man in front of the public eye.
Jonah Hill
Image
Luckily with animation, they give you a lot more leeway than a live-action show.
Jonah Hill
Image
I run and do a lot of push-ups and eat healthy.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
You just have to be strong and don't be stupid freedom of choice is a big responsibility.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
I don't watch like Sci-fi or things like that, I'm always more like real life is so endlessly fascinating to me.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.
Jonah Hill
Image
I believe in collaboration. I think that is the most entertaining and effective way to write for me, personally.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.
Jonah Hill
Image
I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.
Jonah Hill
Image
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.'
Jonah Hill
Image
I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much.
Jonah Hill