Jonah Hill’s ups and downs over the years
find happiness Over the years, he has not only tackled new creative career opportunities, but Jonah Hill was on a journey of self-discovery to find personal and professional happiness.
“I was in silly comedies and I was such a curly-haired, overweight kid and everyone had their own opinion of what I should be, how to talk to me and how to treat me,” he said Very bad Star confessed during an appearance in October 2018 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I found fame in my late teens and then spent most of my young adult life listening to people say I was fat, gross and unattractive, and that’s only in the last four years of writing and directing my film have led mid 90s that I started to understand how much that hurt and got on my mind.”
He continued: “I’m under construction like all of us, you know what I mean? We’re all just trying to figure it out.”
Two years later, Hill opened up about how his body image and the way people viewed him affected his confidence and sense of style. “I think the biggest shift in my personal style was that I was always interested in personal style and fashion, but I was always a bigger guy,” he said GQ in November 2020. “When you’re overweight, it’s really difficult to dress a certain way because clothes aren’t made for overweight people to have style. I think it surprises people. Even now, I hear someone talk about my place in fashion or whatever, and people say, ‘This guy?’ The sloppy guy from Superbad?’”
Not only has Hill been pigeonholed in terms of displaying his personal style — he’s also struggled to break out of the comedic roles pigeonhole. “When I first started doing dramas as an actor, people were like, ‘Keep your lane, dude, keep your lane.’ And I resisted it from a young age. …And then when people started writing about my fashion sense, the same thing happened,” he said 22 Jump Street star explained. “And then I’m like, ‘Wait, how many times do I have to tell myself I can’t do something?’ I’ve done all these things that I’ve been told I can’t do. Just keep going, just embark on the journey you’re on.’”
After years of struggling with his self-image, Hill revealed that he’s finally reached a point where he’s no longer afraid of what other people think of him. “I think as you grow as a person and as an artist, you naturally develop a better sense of self,” he told the outlet. “The idea was to realize that whether I’m big or small, I really can define my own personal style. I think it’s a drug wave that’s happening in culture right now.”
As the pregnant The actor’s perception of himself changed, as did his goals. “The work is easy for me,” he said GQ style in August 2021. “I want to be happy. I literally want to be happy. This is my life’s mission and I work hard to achieve it.”
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