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
Only one in every four people under 35 voted in the last election and Gore still won. So if we get more young people to vote, we can get the landslide we deserve and we could really reap the benefits of what John Kerry stands for.
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.
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'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.
I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.
I think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play. I get that. And I don't shy away from those parts.
I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.
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.
If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.
Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.
It was a great run and it's great that the network didn't cancel us outright, and they're letting us do five more where we can wrap up a lot of story arcs.
Everyone is pretty upbeat about it, actually, ... The last thing we wanted to happen was to overstay our welcome and tarnish the experience and prestige of the show.
I like being hired to do more and more stuff. Carry more and more responsibility. It's nice I'm getting that trust.