Jonah Hill Interviews Action Bronson For Interview Magazine
by Staff Editor
In Interview Magazine tradition, unrelated celebrities interview each other in a one-of a kind type of interview only they could pull off. Actor Jonah Hill sat down with Action Bronson to talk about his culinary interest as well as what inspires his music. Check out some excerpts of the interview below:
HILL: So, three or four years ago, my buddy Dave Appleton, who is up on all hip-hop stuff before anyone knows about it, hips me to Bronson. This was before “Fuck, That’s Delicious.” He showed me some kind of YouTube show of you cooking with this very hip-hop dialect and extreme knowledge of the culinary arts. [Bronson laughs] I was already in, and then he started playing your music, and I was … It was all I listened to for, like, three months straight. There’s a lot one can say about you to someone who has no knowledge of you: born in Queens; Albanian; former chef. And that’s how I pitch you to people who are stupid and don’t know who you are. But then I go, “You got to see him to believe him.” My work as a fan has been to just share the gospel with as many people as I could.
BRONSON: That’s fucking incredible right there. That’s quite an introduction.
HILL: I’m constantly trying to get you cast in movies. And I have to explain to these older white directors who you are. It’s been a hilarious process so far.
BRONSON: Let’s go. You know I’m ready.
HILL: You’re the Van Damme of Queens, man.
BRONSON: Yeah, the Van Damme, van Gogh of Queens. I’m a mix of Van Damme and van Gogh; that’s going in the next rhyme. Oh, man. There’s something wrong with me.
HILL: No! My point, my whole message that I wanted to express to you is that it’s so easy to be influenced by the people you adore and who made you do what you want to do, and then there’s that moment when you get to have the confidence to be your own artist. And I really see you heading there and it’s so inspiring to watch.
BRONSON: Thank you, my brother. I really appreciate those words, man. That hit me right in the heart, right there. Ain’t no stopping over here.
Read the full interview here.