Jonah Hill Quotes - Page 4

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• I believe in collaboration. I think that is the most entertaining and effective way to write for me, personally.

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  Believe, Writing, Thinking

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

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  People, Way, Judgmental

  "Jonah Hill On Set Interview GET HIM TO THE GREEK – Also Talks THE ADVENTURER’S HANDBOOK, His Career, Sequels, and SO Much More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 13, 2010.

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• Stanley Kubrick made Shelly Duvall go crazy during 'The Shining.' It's like one of the best performances ever. Maybe he shouldn't have gone that far, but I love that movie.

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  Crazy, Shining, Gone

  "Jonah Hill On Set Interview GET HIM TO THE GREEK – Also Talks THE ADVENTURER’S HANDBOOK, His Career, Sequels, and SO Much More". Group interview, collider.com. April 13, 2010.

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• I'm a big hip hop fan.

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  Hip Hop, Fans, Hips

  "Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum 21 JUMP STREET Set Visit Interview". Interview with Brendan Bettinger, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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• I would never remake something that was like "The Godfather." Things that are truly important to me, I could never remake or reboot, or whatever.

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  Important, Remakes

  "Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum on '21 Jump Street,' Oscar Success and 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

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  Directors, Watches

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

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  Writing, Goal, Produce

  "Jonah Hill Talks ‘The Sitter,’ Weight Loss And Disgust With Kardashians". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2011.

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• I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

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  Hero, Ice, Magic

  "Jonah Hill And Channing Tatum 21 Jump Street Set Visit Interview". Interview with Brendan Bettinger, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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

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  Stars, Actors, Filmmaker

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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.

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  Strong, Stupid, Responsibility

  "Jonah Hill Interview GET HIM TO THE GREEK". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 2, 2010.

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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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  Real, Drama, People

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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.

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  Fun, Kids, Games

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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.

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  Real, Years, Ideas

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• A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from The Simpsons. To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.

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  Generations, Comedy, Emotion

  "Jonah Hill: 'People think I'm a horny, foul-mouthed teenager. But I'm 26 and very ambitious'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

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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.

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  Wise, Writing, Thinking

  "Jonah Hill Interview GET HIM TO THE GREEK". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 2, 2010.

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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.

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  Fall, Games, People

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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."

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  Growing Up, Writing, Play

  "Jonah Hill "Allen Gregory" Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 29, 2011.

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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.

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  Nice, Kids, Nephew

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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.

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  Pride, Men, Thinking

  "Jonah Hill Talks ‘The Sitter,’ Weight Loss And Disgust With Kardashians". Interview With Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2011.

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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.

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  Trying, Ambiguity, Questionable

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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.'

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  People, Style, Underdog

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. September 21, 2011.

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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.

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  People, Important, World

  "Jonah Hill Talks ‘Moneyball’ Success, Living With His Parents". Interview With Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2011.

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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.

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  Temptation, Culture, Kind

  "Jonah Hill: 'People think I'm a horny, foul-mouthed teenager. But I'm 26 and very ambitious'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

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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.

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  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Jonah Hill Talks ‘The Sitter,’ Weight Loss And Disgust With Kardashians". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2011.

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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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  Drama, Hero, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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