Jason Bateman Quotes

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.

I'm still reading some scripts and I model as well, so I'm still doing that. But I don't want to do like just anything so we're being really selective about the stuff I'll do.

Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a successful TV show, you spend 80 percent of your year doing the thing you love.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

You make the money in movies and TV so you can do theater. I do a play a year... somewhere.

I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.

I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year.

I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.

I'm reading scripts just like everybody else. Tin cup in hand, knocking on doors, trying to get a job. It's tough. They don't make as many films these days, and there's a lot of guys that are fighting for jobs.

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

I think a lot of actors, we underprepare emotionally for how intense pilot season can be. And we underprepare the people around us, our support system. So when it starts taking up more time than you expect it to, we feel guilty.

I'd like to be a steadily working actor and to do as many things as possible. I'm really enjoying the life.

It's really cool to be able to do both. I get a chance to be in this film with these amazing actors, the coolest people ever, and I try to kiteboard as much in my free time as I can.

I've been offered a few movies lately, but I don't want to do a movie just for the sake of saying, 'Oh, boy! There's popcorn involved in this.'

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.