Top 40 Jason Bateman Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I love a massage. I’d go every day if I could.”

— Jason Bateman

2. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

3. “I’m a guy who is a little bit complicated and is a little bit in his own head and is not the most free-spirited, fun-loving kind of guy.”

— Jason Bateman

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4. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

5. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

6. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

7. “I don’t worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.”

— Jason Bateman

8. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

9. “The longer you stay in the job that you do the more you learn about what those around you do. As an actor I’ve always nosed around apologetically about: “oh wouldn’t it be interesting if I could do that?” I can’t imagine not wanting to do this everyday.”

— Jason Bateman

10. “People have often asked if I’m gay because I don’t go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.”

— Jason Bateman

11. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

12. “By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman

14. “I think the internet is a huge positive.”

— Jason Bateman

15. “My hobbies have varied over the years. There were a whole set of new ones before I got married. Now I spend as much time with my wife, who is my best friend.”

— Jason Bateman

16. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

17. “If I’m enjoying something, I’d like to be able to just have it all. Frankly, that’s the way I’m approaching my career now. I’m a total workaholic.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman

19. “My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in – my mother’s British so I’ve always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I’m kind of predisposed to be the straight man.”

— Jason Bateman

20. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

21. “I can be on a telephone call, and be emailing or texting somebody else, as well. I would imagine everyone appreciates that efficiency of communication. I see it as a huge positive.”

— Jason Bateman

22. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

23. “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”.”

— Jason Bateman

24. “I actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don’t mind being swaddled either, on occasion.”

— Jason Bateman

25. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

26. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

27. “I play around with my Japanese Garden. Since Im half way to 70 today I need to start pruning trees and sharpening plants like an old fart.”

— Jason Bateman

28. “Marathons are good training goals.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman

30. “I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She’s a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs.”

— Jason Bateman

31. “I like being hired to do more and more stuff. Carry more and more responsibility. It’s nice I’m getting that trust.”

— Jason Bateman

32. “Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing. If it’s a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it’s your job to act into that, in a believable way.”

— Jason Bateman

33. “Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time.”

— Jason Bateman

34. “Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman

36. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

37. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

38. “I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.”

— Jason Bateman

39. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman

41. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

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42. “There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything.”

— Jason Bateman

43. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

44. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

45. “I have to warn you: I bet horses like a girl.”

— Jason Bateman

46. “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.”

— Jason Bateman

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

— Jason Bateman