Jonah Hill Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• 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

  Drama, Hero, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• '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

  Real, Drama, People

• I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much.

  Jonah Hill

  Taste, Comedy, Dramatic

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

• 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

  Drama, Writing, Actors

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

• 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

  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.

• In the comedies I've been lucky enough to be a part of a world like Judd Apatow's, where I believe comedy comes from real people.

  Jonah Hill

  Real, Believe, People

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

• 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.

  Jonah Hill

  Thinking, People, Giving

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

• 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

  Drama, Character, Style

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

• 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

  Drama, Responsibility, Two

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

• The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

  Jonah Hill

  Character, Want, Succeed

• When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose wrong, I think - or maybe they're just not good actors. For me it's important making that transition seamless, and not a huge shock and jumping into cold water. It doesn't feel like I'm trying to shock you or anything. I'm just saying, "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." I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy, but I love dramatic movies just as much.

  Jonah Hill

  Running, Drama, Kids

  Source: film.avclub.com

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

  Jonah Hill

  Thinking, Laughing, People

  "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.

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

  Drama, Writing, Character

  Source: film.avclub.com

• It's not unexpected for me to be in a comedy film anymore; I'm no longer the underdog in that world.

  Jonah Hill

  Underdog, World, Comedy

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

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