172 Quotes by Jonah Hill

I like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions.

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.

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.

I'm a lifelong Simpsons fanatic and I wanted to create my own animated show, one day.

When you go out to make something, you want it to be great. You need to put a bubble around that, so no one can get into the force field and change what you're setting out to make. That's all us being producers is doing, is allowing our power to protect the integrity of what you're doing.

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.

I want to meet the man who saw a turtle and said, "People will LOVE the ninja version of that."

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

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