Dodgeball Jason Bateman Quotes

I think the internet is a huge positive. ~ Jason Bateman

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

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. ~ Jason Bateman

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. ~ Jason Bateman

As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to do different things. ~ Jason Bateman

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. ~ Jason Bateman

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

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

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. ~ Jason Bateman

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

I'm not a 'celebrity'. 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. ~ Jason Bateman

I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play. I get that. And I don't shy away from those parts. ~ Jason Bateman

Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing. If it's a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it's your job to act into that, in a believable way. ~ Jason Bateman

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. ~ Jason Bateman

Marathons are good training goals. ~ 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

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. ~ Jason Bateman

I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion. ~ 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

Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time. ~ Jason Bateman

I can be on a telephone call, and be emailing or texting somebody else, as well. I would imagine everyone appreciates that efficiency of communication. I see it as a huge positive. ~ Jason Bateman

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

It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you have a director that understands that, it's comforting to an actor. You're starting the relationship more as a collaborator, rather than as an employee or some kind of a soldier trying to execute something you don't organically feel. ~ Jason Bateman

Do you guys ever feel like you're locked inside a car that's moving really fast?

"What kinda car?" Chris asks.

Like a fucking red Monte Carlo with a black racing stripe cutting through the middle of it, and there's some superintense Fantomas shit jolting from the car speakers, like Mike Patton and Buzz Osbourne just completely losing it, but no steering wheel. The car doesn't have one. And the car is so out of control, right? It's swerving all over the road, and you're crying, pounding your fists against the window trying to jump out of it, trying to bail from it, and then all of these people start popping up on the road, like your parents and your sister and your friends, and the car is playing human dodgeball with them. It's trying to not run anyone over, but it's not slowing down, either, and then some junkie babe pops up in the middle of the road and the car destroys her, leaving her mangled body in its burnt rubber path, and then it keeps on going and going even though it can't maintain anything close to the same speed. ~ Jason Myers

I like being hired to do more and more stuff. Carry more and more responsibility. It's nice I'm getting that trust. ~ Jason Bateman

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

He's easily the most well-adjusted former child star in the room, please welcome ... Jason Bateman ~ Neil Patrick Harris

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. ~ Jason Bateman

I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me. ~ Jason Bateman

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. ~ 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

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

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. ~ Jason Bateman

Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and money. ~ Jason Bateman