Jonah Hill is an American actor and filmmaker known for his starring roles in popular films such as Superbad and Moneyball. He has also written and produced numerous films and television shows, cementing himself as one of the most successful actors and filmmakers in Hollywood. This bibliography provides a comprehensive overview of Hill’s illustrious career and the many successes he has achieved.
Table of Contents:
1. Early Life and Career Beginnings
2. Film Career
3. Television Career
4. Writing and Directorial Work
5. Awards and Achievements
6. Jonah Hill Quotes
- Early Life and Career Beginnings
Jonah Hill Feldstein was born on December 20th, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Richard Feldstein, a corporate lawyer, and Sharon Lyn (née Chalkin), a costume designer and fashion stylist. Hill attended Crossroads High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was involved in a number of extracurriculars, including comedy troupes, jazz ensembles, and improv groups.
Hill made his film debut in I Heart Huckabees in 2004, and then appeared in several other films such as Accepted, Grandma’s Boy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Knocked Up. In 2007, Hill starred in his breakout role as Seth in the comedy film Superbad, which was a commercial and critical success. He then went on to appear in several other films like Funny People, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, and War Dogs.
- Film Career
After his breakout role in Superbad, Hill went on to appear in larger roles in a variety of films. He starred in the 2011 biographical sports drama Moneyball alongside Brad Pitt, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then appeared in the 2014 comedic drama 22 Jump Street, and the 2016 animated buddy cop film Sausage Party. In 2017, Hill appeared in the critically acclaimed war drama War Dogs, and in 2018 he starred in the Netflix comedy The Good Time.
Hill has also made brief cameo appearances in several films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up, Get Him to the Greek, This Is the End and The LEGO Movie. In addition, he starred in and produced the 2018 comedy Mid90s.
- Television Career
Hill had a brief, yet successful career in television. He voiced Lazlo in the hit animated series The Adventures of Pete & Pete in 1995, and then again in 2006 in the television film The Pete and Pete Movie. Hill also had a recurring role on the Fox animated comedy series Allen Gregory in 2011, as well as made several appearances on Saturday Night Live.
- Writing and Directorial Work
In addition to his acting roles, Hill has also written and produced various films and television shows, including 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, and the Mid90s. In 2013, Hill directed his first film, Cyrus, which was an independent comedy-drama that received positive reviews. He also wrote and directed the 2019 biographical comedy-drama Mid90s, which was met with critical acclaim.
- Awards and Achievements
Hill has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades throughout his career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Moneyball, and then again in 2019 for his leading performance in Mid90s. Hill also won the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy in 2013 for his performance in 21 Jump Street. He has also been nominated for several MTV Movie and TV Awards, People’s Choice Awards, and Satellite Awards.
Jonah Hill Quotes
“You just have to be strong and don’t be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility.” — 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.” — Jonah Hill
“I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest – things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you know.” — Jonah Hill
“Besides the fact that I make movies, there’s nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately.” — Jonah Hill
“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
“It’s always better to shock people and change people’s expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.” — Jonah Hill
“Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That’s all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“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
“I’m too judgmental of other people putting themselves out there in any way, I guess.” — Jonah Hill
“I’m an actor, I’m not a comedian, I never was a comedian.” — Jonah Hill
“I don’t like to say mean things about people’s hard work.” — 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.” — Jonah Hill
“I’ve never been into just really silly stuff.” — Jonah Hill
“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
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called ‘I Heart Huckabees.’” — Jonah Hill
“Luckily with animation, they give you a lot more leeway than a live-action show.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“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?” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“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
“The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like ‘Mad Men’ is disgusting. It’s a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
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“Jump Street merging with MiB I think that’s clean and rad and powerful.” — Jonah Hill
“Be open to other people’s ideas. Don’t get arrogant about your ideas. Shoot a lot of options so you’re not stuck with just one version of something.” — Jonah Hill
“I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I’m psyched.” — Jonah Hill
“I run and do a lot of push-ups and eat healthy.” — Jonah Hill
“People are so funny. There’s no winning with commenters or anonymous people. They’d be rude that I was overweight, and now they’re rude that I’m healthy.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“You really feel an obligation to someone when they’re trusting you to do something, and you promise that you’ll come through for them.” — Jonah Hill
“I play a lot of games on my iPhone. There is a game called Rat on a Scooter that I will promote as much as possible because it has brought me so much joy.” — Jonah Hill
“If you’re trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy. If you’re trying to have a normal conversation, you’ve got to have a normal conversation. If you’re trying to make them sad, you’ve got to make them sad. I think that’s how you get real performances out of people.” — 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.” — 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 plays Homer, and someone who writes what Homer says.” So, I was like, “Well, I want to write what Homer says.”” — Jonah Hill
“New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in ‘Pinocchio.’” — Jonah Hill
“Germany’s amongst my top three places in the world I’d like to live.” — Jonah Hill
“If you’re trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy.” — Jonah Hill
“Professionally, I feel like I won the lottery and I am the luckiest person in the entire world.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“The great romance of your youth is your best friend at that age.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“I want to meet the man who saw a turtle and said, “People will LOVE the ninja version of that.”” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“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
“If I ever overhear people saying I give off an ‘Ed Harris type of sexy vibe.’ I’ll be pretty psyched.” — Jonah Hill
“I love it, man; I’m 23 years old and I’m lucky enough to write movies as a job! I just feel really blessed and can’t believe it’s happening.” — Jonah Hill
“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.” — Jonah Hill
“I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.” — Jonah Hill
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