Jason Bateman

“I think I'm actually much too shy to do any performance art. I admire the big swings those guys take, but I'm not a one-man band.”

“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 ou...”

“Television is much more of a producer's writer's medium, so a lot of the time, when you're directing a television show, they have a color palette on set or a visual style and dynamic that's...”

“Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.”

“I'd much rather have the freedom, and the obligation to use it responsibly, than be put in a box.”

“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.”

“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, y...”

“Actors are sellers, and I figured out a long time ago that if you wanted to work a lot, you had to be on the buying side.”

“I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.”

“I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.”

“If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.”

“People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.”

“The comedy community is very friendly right now. I think that's why you see all the synergy and people doing each other's movies.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.”