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" 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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Actor
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept. "
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" Germany's amongst my top three places in the world I'd like to live. "
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Like
" I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian. "
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Never
Actor
Comedian
" 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. "
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Crazy
Life
Real Life
" 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. "
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Experience
Important
Character
" 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. "
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Movie
Moments
Greatest
" 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
Acting
Love
Young
" 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. "
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Good
Great
People
" '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. "
Jonah Hill
Ideas
Cool
Life
" 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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Best
Crazy
Love
" '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. "
Jonah Hill
Serious
Funny
Myself
" I think a lot of actors, 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. "
Jonah Hill
God
Finish
Thinking
" Besides the fact that I make movies, there's nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately. "
Jonah Hill
Life
Movies
My Life
" I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, 'Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience. "
Jonah Hill
School
Experience
Friends
" I believe in collaboration. I think that is the most entertaining and effective way to write for me, personally. "
Jonah Hill
Think
Believe
Collaboration
" 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
Style
World
Underdog
" I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched. "
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Up
Life
Failure
" 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
Culture
Book
Me
" I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being a writer on 'The Simpsons,' which was a weird dream to have. But I started taking acting classes as a way to learn how to direct actors and I sort of fell in love with it. "
Jonah Hill
Weird
Way
Love
" 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
Fun
Home
Parents
" All my friends were in college when I was making 'Superbad.' We were drinking beer and watching movies and eating pizza. It wasn't like I was going to nice restaurants or anything like that, and I lived like a frat guy. Eventually it was time to grow up, be healthy and be responsible. You can't live like a kid forever, you know? "
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College
Live
Nice
" New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.' "
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Island
New
Like
" I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes. "
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Johnson
Magic
Up
" '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. "
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Surprise
Great
Jump
" Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure. "
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Sure
Influences
Definitely
" 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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Responsibility
Freedom
Be Strong
" 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. "
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Feeling
Doing
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