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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Jonah Hill

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Arts, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Jonah Hill is a film actor, writer, and filmmaker. He broke out in comedy with Superbad in 2007, before earning critical acclaim in dramatic roles in Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street. He transitioned into filmmaking with his directorial debut Mid90s, a raw and culturally resonant coming-of-age story that established his distinct, emotionally honest voice. Expanding across mediums, he has directed music videos, commercial campaigns, and television, while producing and developing projects through Strong Baby Productions, including the Netflix documentary Stutz. Now a multidisciplinary filmmaker, he continues to shape character-driven stories—most recently directing Outcome, scheduled for release on April 10, 2026.  ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: AG1 https://DrinkAG1.com/tetra ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://DrinkLMNT.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://Squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Lectio 365 https://Lectio365.com ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0

Tetragrammaton

0:02.0

Tetracketameter Martin Scorsese and Quinn Tarantino.

0:26.6

They couldn't be more different to me.

0:28.9

Describe the difference.

0:30.9

I was in Django and Chain.

0:32.2

I was in like one scene.

0:33.9

So I felt it was you were like a paint color in his painting and like you are red come in and be red in this corner of the painting.

0:45.1

And as an actor, which is why I don't act a ton, that is not what I do. I am like you're this person go and let's see what happens. And Marty is like when I say,

0:57.6

the most I've ever learned from Marty is he's my hero and lucky to get to ask him questions,

1:03.2

like I get to ask you questions, et cetera. He creates this space where the plumbing is so intact,

1:09.2

where the infrastructure is so intact, and when you

1:12.2

walk onto the stage, you can do anything, and it is supporting what the actor wants to do

1:18.0

and will creatively, if they want to take it to a place, it's still with it, he will guide you

1:24.1

within the movie itself. So I've never felt such freedom and then sort of like just rigidity.

1:33.1

But I love Quinn Tarantino's movies as much as I love Marty's movies.

1:36.5

There's nothing to do with the work itself.

1:38.0

Quinn Tarantino, once upon a time in Hollywood, I thought,

1:41.0

it's one of the greatest movies I've ever seen in my life.

1:42.9

Same here.

1:43.5

I think it is one of the most exquisite, incredible movies. I think Leo's performance is unrivaled and that he was so brilliant. I just think once upon a time Hollywood is a complete masterpiece. It's just what I found was the process was different. That's the last movie I saw in a theater.

2:18.3

Yeah, at the time I called it the last movie. Yeah. Because it felt at that time like all movies were going away. And that was like, you know, had real movie stars and a real director that you went to go see their movie because they're the director. What's Judd like as a director? Apatow? Yeah. He's awesome. I mean, God, I haven't worked with Judd in so long, but we're very close as friends and he put me on.

2:23.3

I mean, dude, he put me in Superbad.

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