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Jason Bateman
American
Actor
Born:
Jan 14
,
1969
Comedy
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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I think it's always a good time to be in a political film in America because there's so much material for comedy.
Jason Bateman
Time
Good
Comedy
Political
Good Time
Think
Because
Always
Material
America
Much
Film
Our kids will never have to remember things, because it's all in pictures. Want to remember your fourth birthday? There'll be video of it on your phone.
Jason Bateman
Birthday
Phone
Remember
Will
Our
Kids
Never
Pictures
Because
Want
Video
Your
Things
Fourth
I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I've done, and that's a great conversation to have. That's what we're doing it for.
Jason Bateman
Great
Me
Conversation
People
Big
See
About
Something
Talk
Doing
Huge
Huge Star
Done
Star
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
Comedy
Thought
First
Drama
Dramatic
Later
Niro
Out
Find
Some
More
Like
Robert
Robert De Niro
De Niro
Sort
Dustin Hoffman
Going
Maybe
Wanted
Al
Actor
Al Pacino
Started
Career
If you laugh, we just do another take. Laughter is too rare nowadays. If you can bust a gut, let it go, and we'll just go back to one.
Jason Bateman
You
Laughter
Rare
Nowadays
Too
Back
Laugh
Gut
Take
Another
Go
Just
Bust
I can't assume that my kid is going to make the best decision all the time.
Jason Bateman
Time
Best
Decision
Assume
Kid
Make
Going
Nothing would make me happier than doing nothing but drama for the foreseeable future.
Jason Bateman
Future
Me
Nothing
Drama
Would
Make
Doing
Foreseeable
Foreseeable Future
Than
Happier
I think the Internet is a huge positive.
Jason Bateman
Positive
Internet
Think
Huge
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
Crazy
Technology
Problem
Think
Too
Television
TV
Find
Dumb
Up
Grew
Anything
Really
Product
Watching
Watching Tv
You want 100% and 100% to make 200, instead of 50 and 50 making 100.
Jason Bateman
You
Instead
Make
Making
Want
I was doing everything that a kid would be doing anyway, but on top of that, I was able to fly to different cities.
Jason Bateman
Fly
Everything
Top
Kid
Cities
Would
Would-Be
Able
Doing
Different
Anyway
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
You
Mistake
People
Kid
About
Know
Make
Making
Going
Them
Really
Fast
Ton
You do certain things in your twenties that are just not appropriate in your thirties and certainly not appropriate in your forties. Eventually you even the scales, and it's time to move on and become an adult and start working hard again and going to sleep a little bit earlier. Fortunately, I got a job to facilitate that transition.
Jason Bateman
Time
You
Job
Become
Move On
Thirties
Appropriate
Bit
Scales
Facilitate
Adult
Got
Going
Move
Just
Again
Little
Little Bit
Transition
Forties
Certain
Working
Your
Working Hard
Certain Things
Fortunately
Hard
Certainly
Twenties
Even
Eventually
Things
Earlier
Start
Sleep
I think NBC got a little reluctant to get behind single-camera shows after 'Scrubs' didn't do what they thought it was going to do following 'Friends.'
Jason Bateman
Thought
Think
Following
Reluctant
Got
Friends
Get
Going
Behind
After
Little
Scrub
Shows
NBC
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
Good
Me
You
Learning
Remember
Try
Before
Tool
Everything
Kind
See
How
Context
Were
Shooting
Going
After
Then
Across
We had this neighbor who was an actor, and he was going to an audition one day, driving by our house, and he asked if I wanted to tag along. He was reading for the part of the father, and they were reading for the part of the son the same day, and he told me to sneak in there and make it look like I knew what I was doing.
Jason Bateman
Day
Me
Son
Father
Reading
Our
Neighbor
One Day
Tag
Had
Driving
He
Part
Knew
Along
Like
Look
House
Make
Audition
Doing
Were
Sneak
Same
Going
Wanted
Asked
Who
Actor
I'm a pretty normal guy. I'm really good at knowing how a normal guy would react in situations.
Jason Bateman
Good
Would
Pretty
Guy
React
Knowing
How
Normal
Situations
Really
If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.
Jason Bateman
Best
Good
Me
You
Comedy
Eccentricities
Guy
Part
Idea
Feel
Like
Look
Because
Got
Goal
Normal
Might
Pop
Acting
Believable
Need
You can say your lines a million different ways and play your character a million different ways and still hit the common, agreed-upon finish line.
Jason Bateman
Character
You
Finish Line
Say
Ways
Finish
Still
Line
Lines
Hit
Common
Different
Your
Different Ways
Play
Million
Actors are sellers, and I figured out a long time ago that if you wanted to work a lot, you had to be on the buying side.
Jason Bateman
Work
Time
You
Long
Long Time
Side
Out
Had
Long Time Ago
Lot
Sellers
Wanted
Figured
Actor
Buying
I don't want to be obnoxious with my ambition or sound like I expect any sort of entitlement here. Hollywood is not in the business of humoring people.
Jason Bateman
Business
People
Entitlement
Ambition
Obnoxious
Like
Sort
Sound
Expect
Any
Want
Hollywood
Here
I haven't met a lot of 'Hogan Family' fans.
Jason Bateman
Family
Fans
Met
Lot
My upbringing as a child was very atypical.
Jason Bateman
Very
Upbringing
Child
I really appreciate comedy a lot.
Jason Bateman
Comedy
Lot
Really
Appreciate
The people at Netflix are extremely intelligent about the way they monitor activity on their platform.
Jason Bateman
People
Way
Extremely
About
Netflix
Intelligent
Platform
Activity
Monitor
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
Reading
Seemed
Development
Known
Because
Arrested
Arrested Development
Doing
Opposite
Surprised
Very
Get
Which
Really
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