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I wasn't really interested in doing anything except going from pilot season to pilot season and sowing my oats in the months between and telling my agency to stop sending me movie scripts, because they'd pile up in my house and make me feel guilty because I had to read them.
Jason Bateman -
On the whole, a director who make the set a comfortable place to work is really important, whether it's a comedy or drama.
Jason Bateman
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If you make a mistake, people are going to know about it really fast - and I was making a ton of them when I was a kid.
Jason Bateman -
People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.
Jason Bateman -
I really like dramas that have a tone of comedy in them or the opposite, and those are done by people like Alexander Payne and Jason Reitman but also Spike Jonze and David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen Brothers.
Jason Bateman -
I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.
Jason Bateman -
That straight man character is a short trip between comedy and drama in a project, so I can play the comedic beat on the same page as a dramatic beat. It gives me a lot of freedom as an actor to play scenes in multiple ways because I don't play the clown, nor do I play someone who is particularly maudlin.
Jason Bateman -
The people at Netflix are extremely intelligent about the way they monitor activity on their platform.
Jason Bateman
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I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
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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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I really appreciate comedy a lot.
Jason Bateman -
I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'
Jason Bateman -
I was very surprised to get a reading for 'Arrested Development' because it really seemed to be the opposite of that which I was known for doing.
Jason Bateman -
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.
Jason Bateman