Top 52 Jason Bateman Quotes
#1. 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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#2. 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.
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#3. 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.
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#4. Things are going better now than ever, but in 24 months? I could be hearing crickets.
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#5. What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you can only work until the production wraps. Then you have to find another job.
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#6. As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to do different things.
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#8. Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time.
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#9. I like being hired to do more and more stuff. Carry more and more responsibility. It's nice I'm getting that trust.
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#10. 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.
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#11. I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.
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#12. 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.
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#13. 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.
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#14. 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.
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#15. A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
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#16. I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.
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#17. 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.
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#18. Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
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#19. 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.
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#20. Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.
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#21. 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.
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#22. I don't really find a problem with technology or television, or anything. I'm a product of it. I grew up watching TV, and I don't think I'm too dumb or too crazy.
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#23. 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.
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#24. 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.
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#25. When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone to knock on our door to go to the set.
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#26. 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.
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#27. My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.
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#28. 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. If it's a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it's your job to act into that, in a believable way.
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#29. I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play. I get that. And I don't shy away from those parts.
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#30. 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.
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#31. I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.
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#33. My hobbies have varied over the years. There were a whole set of new ones before I got married. Now I spend as much time with my wife, who is my best friend.
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#34. I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.
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#35. 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.
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#36. I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion.
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#37. The longer you stay in the job that you do the more you learn about what those around you do. As an actor I've always nosed around apologetically about: "oh wouldn't it be interesting if I could do that?" I can't imagine not wanting to do this everyday.
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#38. I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.
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#39. Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.
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#40. I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
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#41. 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.
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#42. Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
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#44. 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.
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#45. 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.
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#46. Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and money.
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#47. I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an old fart.
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#48. I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.
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#49. I can be on a telephone call, and be emailing or texting somebody else, as well. I would imagine everyone appreciates that efficiency of communication. I see it as a huge positive.
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#50. 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.
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#51. If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.
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#52. It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.
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