As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
The longer you stay in the job that you do the more you learn about what those around you do. As an… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
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… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When Buster was cursing at all of us and there was a big, long bleep-out. Tony Hale is a man of God; he doesn't… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
When you know your mom and dad are doing things that are not idyllic, as far as your desire to defer to a parental… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
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… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
