Jason Bateman Quotes

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Jason Bateman

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 14, 1969

If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.

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Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.

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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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I have to warn you: I bet horses like a girl.

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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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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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Things are going better now than ever, but in 24 months? I could be hearing crickets.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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