Jason Bateman Quotes
If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight.
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You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can do anything. There's tall doctors, short doctors. It doesn't matter. You don't have to be the tallest guy to play the sport of basketball, football or whatever you want to play.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
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I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea.
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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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I have a relatively good track record.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.
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Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
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It is good, it is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football.
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In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears.
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A good book is a good book. End of story.
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God has definitely been good to me.
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The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that.
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I operate by the seat of my pants.
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Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.
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I did 'How to Succeed in Business... ,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun.
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I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.
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If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.
