A career in comedy came with its own limits in the family of Jonah Hill, the Funny People star has explained.
Hill plays an aspiring comedian and actor in Judd Apatow's latest comedy-drama and told a London press conference he had been greatly inspired by British funnymen such as Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan.
However, the 25-year-old, who made his film debut in I Heart Huckabees before roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, said his eventual comic stardom after parts in Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall had come as a relief to his parents.
'My parents were very supportive,' Hill explained, 'but my Dad made it very clear that I would not receive a dollar from him, ever.
'He said 'I just want you to be happy but know that you have to support yourself'.'
The Walk Hard actor continued: 'But now they're really psyched because there were a few years when it looked like I wasn't going to amount to anything!'
'I think they were relieved I came out of that with a really hard work ethic and succeeded in what I was trying to and what made me happy.'
Funny People is released on August 28th.
Hill plays an aspiring comedian and actor in Judd Apatow's latest comedy-drama and told a London press conference he had been greatly inspired by British funnymen such as Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan.
However, the 25-year-old, who made his film debut in I Heart Huckabees before roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, said his eventual comic stardom after parts in Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall had come as a relief to his parents.
'My parents were very supportive,' Hill explained, 'but my Dad made it very clear that I would not receive a dollar from him, ever.
'He said 'I just want you to be happy but know that you have to support yourself'.'
The Walk Hard actor continued: 'But now they're really psyched because there were a few years when it looked like I wasn't going to amount to anything!'
'I think they were relieved I came out of that with a really hard work ethic and succeeded in what I was trying to and what made me happy.'
Funny People is released on August 28th.
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