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Jason Bateman Biography

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director, and producer. He began acting on television in the early 1980s on Little House on the Prairie, Silver Spoons, and The Hogan Family. In the 2000s, he became known for his role of Michael Bluth using deadpan comedy in the sitcom Arrested Development, for which he won a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award. He has also appeared in the films Teen Wolf Too (1987), The Break-Up (2006), Juno, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Kingdom (all 2007), Hancock (2008), Up in the Air, Couples Retreat, Extract (all 2009), The Switch (2010), Paul, The Change-Up (both 2011) Horrible Bosses (2011) and its sequel (2014), Identity Thief (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), The Gift (2015), Office Christmas Party, Zootopia (both 2016) and Game Night (2018).

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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 and I love it. I'm sort of a glutton for work and to direct something that I'm acting in feeds the vein.

Acting, Challenges, Directors, Feeds, Incredibly, Minutes

I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could.

Salmon, Herbs, Massage, Day, Love

A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.

Important, Needs, Comedy, Ground, Factor

I'm not much of a party guy anymore.

Party, Guy, Anymore

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 to knock on our door to go to the set.

Doors, Ideas, Sitting, Trailers, Waiting, Work

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.

Acting, Orchestra, Violin, Conductor, Playing

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.

Baio, Fans, Like, Mail, Mother, Scott

I don't really find a problem with technology or television, or anything. I'm a product of it. I grew up watching TV, and I don't think I'm too dumb or too crazy.

Crazy, Dumb, Grew, Product, Technology, Thinking

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.

Alongside, Cities, Different, Gay, People

I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.

Hard, Play, Play Hard, Time, Wanted, Wells

Marathons are good training goals.

Goal, Good, Marathon, Marathons, Training

I only wanted to get married once, so when I felt I was ready to handle it, I looked at my relationships and noticed that boyfriends get tired of girlfriends, and vice versa, but you never get tired of your friends.

Boyfriends, Girlfriend, Looked, Ready, Tired, Vices

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.

Drink, Life, Life Is, Normal, Vanilla

I'm not a Hollywood party guy.

Party, Guy, Hollywood

What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you can only work until the production wraps. Then you have to find another job.

Hard, Hard Work, Jobs, Phone, Phones, Work

When you know your mom and dad are doing things that are not idyllic, as far as your desire to defer to a parental ideal, you start to see your parents as peers, perhaps, and that's not the healthiest thing at that early an age.

Age, Dad, Early, Healthiest, Mom, Parent

Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong.

Strong, Guy, Done, Arnett, Seen

I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could. I don't need to be wrapped in herbs like a salmon fillet, but I do love a massage.

Salmon, Needs, Herbs, Day, Fillet

Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and money.

Cameras, Improvisation, Know, People, Rolling, Waste

As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to do different things.

Actor, Actors, Choices, Different, Hired, Obligation

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