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Jonah Hill Biography

Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is known for his comedic roles in films such as Accepted (2006), Grandma's Boy (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), 22 Jump Street (2014), and War Dogs (2016), as well as his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

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

Gotta, Happy, Ifs, Make, Make Someone Happy, Trying

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

Assuming, Gonna, Life Is, Psyched, Rose, Turns

You have more of a responsibility to make the audience laugh. In comedy, we do have to say, "All right, it's been two minutes in the film. We need another laugh here. " With drama, there's no pressure in that regard. It's a different kind of pressure, but it's not like we need to make someone laugh.

Comedy, Different, Drama, Responsibility, Right, Two

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.

Comedy, Emotion, Emotions, Generations, Raised, Unimaginable

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

Actors, Fanatic, Filmmaker, Life, Stars

I'm a big hip hop fan.

Hip Hop, Fans, Hips, Hop, Hip, Big

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.

Annoyed, Fun, Kids, Like, Love You, Today

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

Comedies, Everything, Laugh, Laughing, People, Thinking

21 Jump Street is great. I just made that, and produced it and was a writer on it. It's starring myself and Channing Tatum, and maybe some surprise guests.

Guests, Made, Maybe, Street, Surprise, Writer

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

80S, Grew, Hero, Ice, Magic

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

Careers, Eventually, Say, Want, Writing

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.

Healthy, High, School, Time, Weight

New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio. '

Island, Islands, Kids, Like, New Orleans, Pinocchio

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.

Funny, Mean, Relatable, See, Skills, Struggle

One of the greatest moments of my career was on the road promoting 'Superbad' with Michael Cera and Chris Mintz-Plasse. We were showing the movie at colleges.

Careers, College, Greatest, Moments, Showing, Superbad

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.

Actor, Actors, Comedy, Drama, Writing

I couldn't imagine someone playing me or writing a book about who I am. Although I let people write articles and try and express who I am, and it blows up wildly in my face.

Although, Blow, Book, Imagine, Let, Writing

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.

Freak, God, Thinking, Wise, Writing

When you're looking for stories or movies usually the great stories are about people in their 30s or 40s because they've lived more life and they're usually accomplishing more incredible things. But when there's an interesting story about someone that's your age, you immediately - especially when you're younger - are like, "Wow that's crazy! There's not very many of these. "

Accomplishing, Crazy, Interesting, People, Things, Usually

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.

Drama, Feel Good, Good, Healthy, Impetus

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