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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.

Jason Bateman

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Jason Bateman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 14
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I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.
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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 just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.
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I don't get a chance to cry that often on film, so I was hoping that talent would come my way, that day. I cheated, I guess, when I just started looking at my technology device - my iPhone - to look at pictures of my kids, before I did the scene where I had to cry. That was a good trick that I found.
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There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything.
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I'm in bed by nine. Let's get on with it.
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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.
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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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Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 proudly.
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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 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.
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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'm a guy who is a little bit complicated and is a little bit in his own head and is not the most free-spirited, fun-loving kind of guy.
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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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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.
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