Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to swear for about 30 seconds and he just couldn't do it.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

In most professions, if you stay at the office an extra four hours every day, you're gonna impress the boss. You're gonna get that promotion; you're gonna get that raise. You're gonna at least have job security. But with acting, if you're really ambitious and you have a good work ethic and are really good at your job, it might not really matter.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

If you're stumbling out of a bar, and people tweet about it, well, don't be dumb. If you're going to get falling-down drunk, stay at home - which I did a lot of.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I think the Internet is a huge positive.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I try to see everything I do. It's a good learning tool for me. You kind of remember what you were going for when you were shooting it, and then see how it comes across in the context of what comes before and after it.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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 Bateman
Jason Bateman

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
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

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.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

There's this little recipe that you have to hit pretty well to get somebody to laugh. And it's a combination of the way in which you say something, with the facial expression that you have, married with the body language that you have, etc.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

Nothing would make me happier than doing nothing but drama for the foreseeable future.

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.