Jody Hill Professions : Film directorBorn : October 15, 1976 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Jody Hill I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it. Jody Hill actingrealart I have always liked kind of outsider characters. In the movies I grew up liking, you had more complicated characters. I don't mean that in a way that makes us better or anything. I just seem to like characters who don't really fit into. You always hear that from the studio: "You have to be able to root for them, they have to be likeable, and the audience has to be able to see themselves in the characters." I feel that's not necessarily true. As long as the character has some type of goal or outlook on the world, or perspective, you can follow that story. Jody Hill characterlongmean I don't know if there's anything intrinsically funny about Tae Kwon Do. Jody Hill ifsknows I think every filmmaker wants... I don't know about every filmmaker. I certainly want my films to just exist. I want them to be judged for what they are and analyzed, accepted, criticized, whatever you want to call it, on their own terms, not as part of some mall-cop genre. Jody Hill filmwantthinking I think it's cool when Scorsese will pop up in a movie or something like that. I never want to make a career out of that or anything. I like directing. That's my favorite thing. Jody Hill careerswantthinking Like, I'm a big fan of films from the '70s, like Cassavetes and things, where they just keep the dialogue really loose and just kind of roll, you know what I mean? Jody Hill thingslikeknowyou I don't see myself making comedies always. Jody Hill makingseemyselfalways I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that. Jody Hill ownmy-ownwritingbook I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films. Jody Hill reallyweirdlikelarry I did little theater things growing up. Jody Hill littlethingsupgrowing-up I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything. Jody Hill actoranythingtoo-muchtrying Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-directorAll Authors
