Jason Segel revealed that Judd Apatow made him and Kevin Hart live together in a one-bedroom apartment while filming a pilot in the early 2000s

• Jason Segel appeared Thursday on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
• Segel, 42, said Judd Apatow made him and Kevin Hart live together while shooting a pilot.

Jason Segel said he and Kevin Hart used to be roommates.

On Thursday, the "Winning Time" actor appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and recalled his early days in Hollywood. In 2001, Segel acted in a Judd Apatow-directed pilot called "North Hollywood" alongside Kevin Hart, Amy Poehler, and January Jones.

"It was a strange time because we were all so young," Segel said. "None of us had really had that much success yet, and Judd Apatow — in a weird move — made Kevin Hart live with me for like six months."

Segel explained that Apatow believed "it would be good for the show" if Hart lived with him.

"And I lived in a one-bedroom apartment," Segel said. "So, all of a sudden, Kevin Hart was living with me, and he'd be like, "Hey man, are you making breakfast? I want some, too.'"

He then praised Hart's work ethic, saying the "True Story" actor was focused on his craft.

"We would be out doing stuff, you know, being young dudes, and he would stay home and write and write and write. You would think like, 'Oh, that's cute,'" Segel said. "And then, you're like, 'Oh, that's how you do it.' That's how someone ends up being Kevin Hart."

Representatives for Segel and Hart did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

In the same interview, Segel revealed that he currently lives on 21 acres of orange groves in a "little farm town."

"I like being in a small town. I go to the high school football games and stuff and eat a sandwich, which I didn't know if you could do without kids, but you can," he told Kimmel. "I go to the Christmas play in town, and I wait outside and ask little kids to sign my playbill. It's really fun. I love it."

Segel currently stars as Paul Westhead in the HBO series "Winning Time," which tells the story of the Los Angeles Lakers and their rise to success in the 1980s.