I realized I never played a character that was skilled at anything, or skilled at anything that I couldn't become skilled at. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Maybe if you play somebody in a certain world people sometimes misinterpret that it's a support of that world or that occupation… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I'm very, very attracted to morally ambiguous characters, not just pure bad guys or pure good guys. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I think morality is so individual and personal, and people draw their own lines of what that means for them. — Jonah Hill Copy Share 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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I think this movie, 'Moneyball,' symbolizes becoming a man for me, and I think my character becomes a man. It's important to… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious… — Jonah Hill Copy Share 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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I mostly like documentaries, so I always think things that happened in real life are so astounding that why would you make a movie… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
You guys called the cops to get your frisbee out of the pond? Is this really a police matter? — Jonah Hill Copy Share
It's almost like, when someone plays poker for the first time, they might be a professional poker player out of ignorance, just accidentally winning.… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
I think what he means is that he will punch you so many times around the genital region that your dick will fall off. — Jonah Hill Copy Share
Every time you're directing a movie you're kind of building a temporary business. You're hiring all these heads of departments, and it definitely feels… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
I want to meet the man who saw a turtle and said, "People will LOVE the ninja version of that." — Jonah Hill Copy Share
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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to it. Except… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
'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… — Jonah Hill Copy Share
