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I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.
Jason Bateman -
I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.
Jason Bateman
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Things are going better now than ever, but in 24 months? I could be hearing crickets.
Jason Bateman -
It's very difficult to pretend you're throwing a car.
Jason Bateman -
I was never at a place where rehab would have been appropriate.
Jason Bateman -
Directing films is incredibly exciting to me.
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 -
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.
Jason Bateman
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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 really appreciate comedy a lot.
Jason Bateman -
The people at Netflix are extremely intelligent about the way they monitor activity on their platform.
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 -
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 -
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.
Jason Bateman