Jason Bateman

“I'm a pretty normal guy. I'm really good at knowing how a normal guy would react in situations.”

“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.”

“I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.”

“We had, like, the greatest time you could ever imagine doing 'Arrested Development.' And as grateful as we are for the careers we have afterwards, it was - we still miss it.”

“I think things that are really, really not good are easy to see. But films that are decent can either be made good or great based on the execution. At the end of the day, it's always a crapshoot about the execution, the level of taste, in any department.”

“I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.”

“It's very difficult to pretend you're throwing a car.”

“My father was a freelance writer/director/producer, and my mother was a stewardess for Pan-Am. It was very non-traditional.”

“I look at whatever the finish line is for the character and then kind of act backwards from that and play him in such a way so that that finish line is more rewarding.”

“Our kids will never have to remember things, because it's all in pictures. Want to remember your fourth birthday? There'll be video of it on your phone.”

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

“Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.”

“I'm looking forward to playing Michael Bluth many, many more times.”

“If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.”

“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 already been predetermined, and you just kind of have to follow the rules.”

“I try to figure out how much of the character I can find in myself because you don't want to get outside of your skill-set.”

“I was never at a place where rehab would have been appropriate.”

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

“It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.”

“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.”