It's not new: In the '70s, Archie Bunker said terrible things on 'All in the Family,' but it was all in Carroll O'Connor's performance. You saw lack of intelligence, and you laughed. -Jason Bateman Intelligence
People still come up to me and say, 'Hey, 'Teen Wolf!' 'Teen Wolf Too' closed a week after it opened. Where did they see it? -Jason Bateman Teen
People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude. -Jason Bateman Attitude
Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning. -Jason Bateman Morning
I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default. -Jason Bateman Teen
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
Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium. -Jason Bateman Chance
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 Dad
I just think technology is pretty amazing. Like all things that are great, you have to be responsible about how much you use it. -Jason Bateman Amazing
I really empathise with some of my peers who had success in the early years; then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning. -Jason Bateman Morning
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 Respect
I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying. -Jason Bateman Sports
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 Dad
My family is pretty funny. My mother is British, so she's got a very dry sense of humor. That's where I got that from. -Jason Bateman Humor
