Jonah Hill announced in an open letter obtained by TODAY that he would not be advertising any of his upcoming projects in order to concentrate on his anxiety and mental health.
In the Oscar-nominated science fiction film Don’t Look Up, which came out in December, Hill was most recently spotted.
According to Hill’s remark, he recently finished directing Stutz, a documentary about him, his therapist, and his mental health.
In his essay, he stated that the entire goal of the movie was to provide therapy and the methods I discovered there to a large audience for individual usage. “I have discovered that for nearly 20 years I have been on a path of self-discovery, and via this experienced anxiety attacks exacerbated by media appearances and public events.”
One of them is his Netflix romantic comedy You People, which he co-wrote with Kenya Barris. Hill stars in the film alongside Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny. It is slated for release later this year.
He said not funding his projects was an “important step to take to protect yourself.”
“If I made myself sicker by going out and doing publicity, I wouldn’t be true to myself or the film,” he said.
Hill said he recognizes he is one of “the privileged few” who can take time off from work to prioritize their mental health.
He added: “I will not lose my job while I work on my anxiety. With this letter and with Stutz, I hope it will become more normal for people to talk and act about this stuff. So that they can take steps to feel better about themselves and so that the people in their lives understand their problems more clearly.”
