Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Batemanis an American actor, director, and producer who rose to prominence as a high-profile adolescent actor in the 1980s, in sitcoms such as Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family, before returning in the early 2000s in the role of Michael Bluth on the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development, for which he won a TV Land Award, a Golden Globe, and a Satellite Award. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several films, including Juno, Hancock,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth14 January 1969
CityTown Of Rye, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.
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.
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.
I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.
Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.
And I've always loved commercials. I like working out how to organically weave a brand's message into the writing process. It's like an improv show, where comics ask the audience to throw out a word and a skit is built around it.
There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything.
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.
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.
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.
I've always felt bad that I never had more information to give people when they asked me about it, but I guess people kind of got frustrated by that and they just started kind of making up their own sort of "well, we haven't heard that much" or "news hasn't changed so it must be going away".
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.
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 was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.