Jason Bateman Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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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“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.”
-- Jason BatemanSource : "Jason Bateman Talks Horrible Bosses 2, The Family Fang, What He Learned Directing Bad Words, Ipo Man, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 25, 2014.
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“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.”
-- Jason BatemanSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much more responsibility because the medium is very much a director's medium. Television is much more of a producer's writer's medium so a lot of the time when you're directing a television show they have a color palette on set or a visual style and dynamic that's already been predetermined and you just kind of have to follow the rules.”
-- Jason BatemanSource : "Jason Bateman Talks Making His Feature Directorial Debut, Why He Chose This Script, Shooting Digitally, and More on the Set of Bad Words". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 7, 2014.
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“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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“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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“I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.”
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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.”
-- Jason BatemanSource : "Career Watch: Jason Bateman Gets Down with his ‘Bad’ Self" by Susan Wloszczyna, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2014.
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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 think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.”
-- Jason BatemanSource : "Jason Bateman: 'I've got a great deal of dirt on Jennifer Aniston'". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.
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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'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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“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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“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 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 don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.”
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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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“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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“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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“Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete ***** 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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“Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.”
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“I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.”
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“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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“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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“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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“I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could.”
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“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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“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.”
-- Jason Bateman
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