Jason Bateman Quotes

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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'm consumed with tech - medical, computational, impossible tech. So, I don't know exactly what I'll wind up doing, where I'll go with all this schooling, but I'm willing that it be better than my dogmatic vision of it all.”

“I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'”

“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.”

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

“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 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.”