I'm in bed by nine. Let's get on with it. Jason Bateman More Quotes by Jason Bateman More Quotes From 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 you drunk home people My father was a writer/director/producer, so instead of throwing a ball around, our bonding was going to see movies. And at an early age, I knew if I wanted to impress my dad, it was not going to be by throwing a ball real far. Jason Bateman movies dad age father People like Bill Murray are incredible at what they do and are definitely my flavour. Although Will Ferrell, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais are also incredible actors. In their comedy, they make these stupid people feel so real. These guys are really setting the bar very high, and I learn as much from them about acting as I do about comedy. Jason Bateman feel comedy stupid people I looked around at the relationships that were the longest in my life, and they were the ones I had with my friends. I thought, 'If I only wanted to get married once, I should probably marry a friend.' Jason Bateman my-life friend friends life My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle. Jason Bateman sense little sense-of-humor humor You hit those valleys sometimes and it's really frustrating. It's like getting stuck in traffic on the freeway. But there's not much you can do about it. Jason Bateman like you traffic sometimes I think I'm actually much too shy to do any performance art. I admire the big swings those guys take, but I'm not a one-man band. Jason Bateman performance think shy art I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public. Jason Bateman feel eye sorry people If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it. Jason Bateman part good good-movie movie 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 more like you approach I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department. Jason Bateman end-of-the-day day great good Meeting my wife Amanda was the best thing that could ever have happened to me. She wasn't going to let me screw around my life anymore, so I stopped drinking and started behaving like a decent human being. Jason Bateman best me wife life 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 laugh you language way I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face. Jason Bateman fat face big evolve Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch. Jason Bateman couch old right things
