Top 163 Quotes & Sayings by Jason Bateman
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.
My mother is British; she's from Shrewsbury. She turned me onto 'Monty Python' very early.
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.
My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle.
People like Bill Murray are incredible at what they do and are definitely my flavour. Although Will Ferrell, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais are also incredible actors. In their comedy, they make these stupid people feel so real. These guys are really setting the bar very high, and I learn as much from them about acting as I do about comedy.
People still come up to me and say, 'Hey, 'Teen Wolf!' 'Teen Wolf Too' closed a week after it opened. Where did they see it?
I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.
I don't have anything to fix! I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't eat carbs. My life is just great now. Normal. Vanilla.
I think I'm actually much too shy to do any performance art. I admire the big swings those guys take, but I'm not a one-man band.
I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.
I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
Things are going better now than ever, but in 24 months? I could be hearing crickets.
Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.
I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.
I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.
Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong.
I was never at a place where rehab would have been appropriate.
I just think technology is pretty amazing. Like all things that are great, you have to be responsible about how much you use it.
Marathons are good training goals.
I wanted to marry somebody who wasn't someone I had to be in any particular mood to want to be around - with close friends, you can be with them no matter what mood you're in.
My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.
I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.
The kids can't watch 'The Wire,' but there's great educational stuff for them to watch on TV if it is TV time. There are great apps on the iPad that are interactive and educational.
Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to swear for about 30 seconds and he just couldn't do it.
The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies.
I looked around at the relationships that were the longest in my life, and they were the ones I had with my friends. I thought, 'If I only wanted to get married once, I should probably marry a friend.'
If you're stumbling out of a bar, and people tweet about it, well, don't be dumb. If you're going to get falling-down drunk, stay at home - which I did a lot of.
Do you want to continue being great at being in your twenties, or do you want to step up and graduate into adulthood?
In most professions, if you stay at the office an extra four hours every day, you're gonna impress the boss. You're gonna get that promotion; you're gonna get that raise. You're gonna at least have job security. But with acting, if you're really ambitious and you have a good work ethic and are really good at your job, it might not really matter.
Acting in something that I'm directing... I'm really enjoying it because, if for no other reason, that particular acting is like reading my mind on every single take. It's kind of efficient, for better or worse.
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.
I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.
We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing 'Arrested Development.' And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was - we still miss it.
It was like 'Risky Business' for 10 years. My parents were out of town, they left me a bunch of money, the car, and the house, and I didn't know when they were coming home.
Our job as actors is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing.
And I've always loved commercials. I like working out how to organically weave a brand's message into the writing process. It's like an improv show, where comics ask the audience to throw out a word and a skit is built around it.
I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs.
A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.
My father was a freelance writer/director/producer, and my mother was a stewardess for Pan-Am. It was very non-traditional.
If I'm enjoying something, I'd like to be able to just have it all. Frankly, that's the way I'm approaching my career now. I'm a total workaholic.
I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.
I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.
Nothing would make me happier than doing nothing but drama for the foreseeable future.
I owe everything to 'Arrested Development.' It just shows that everybody is kind of a job away from having relevance again.
Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.
Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
I have to warn you: I bet horses like a girl.
By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.
My upbringing as a child was very atypical.
Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.
I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.
People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.
I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.
Starting at age 10, my personality and my identity all stemmed from employment. I had a set to be at. I was a certain way with the cameraman, a certain way with the makeup lady - a normal, routine environment.
I only wanted to get married once, so when I felt I was ready to handle it, I looked at my relationships and noticed that boyfriends get tired of girlfriends, and vice versa, but you never get tired of your friends.
I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.
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