Jonah Hill reveals he was paid $60000 for 'Wolf of Wall Street' role
Jonah Hill doesn't care if the price is right.
The two time Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was paid the equivalent of Hollywood's minimum wage for his role in Martin Scorsese's flick 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
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Hill, 30, told Howard Stern in a radio interview on Tuesday that he wanted to work with the legendary director so much that he was willing to take the pay cut.
'I think SAG minimum is something like $60,000 before commissions and taxes,' he told the shock jock.
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'They gave me the lowest amount of money possible, that was their offer.'
'I said, 'I will sign the paper tonight. Fax me the papers tonight.' I want to sign them tonight before they change their mind. I said I want to sign them before I go to sleep tonight so they legally can't change their mind.'
RELATED: ODDS-MAKERS PLACE BETS ON '12 YEARS A SLAVE'The 'Moneyball' actor starred alongside fellow Oscar-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, as Donnie Azoff, and was paid $60,000 for a nearly seven-month shoot.
''I would sell my house and give him all my money to work for (Scorsese),' Hill said. 'I would have done anything in the world. I would do it again in a second.'
'I got to f--king be in a Martin Scorsese movie and I just got nominated for an Oscar,' he told Stern. 'I'm tripping out, Howard... I'm in shock. I'm totally in shock.'
The actor also revealed that he turned down a part in 'The Hangover' to do the independent film 'Cyrus,' alongside John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei, because he really liked the script.
Hill, who now has two Academy Award nominations under his belt, previously earned an Oscar nod for his role in 'Moneyball,' opposite Brad Pitt.
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