Quotes by Jason Bateman

“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.”

“I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.”

“I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.”

“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?”

“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 empath...”

“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.”

“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.”

“I just think technology is pretty amazing. Like all things that are great, you have to be responsible about how much you use it.”

“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...”

“Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.”

“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.”

“I think the Internet is a huge positive.”

“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.”

“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 b...”

“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.”

“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 stardo...”

“My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle.”

“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.”