Jason Bateman, 39, is all grown up.
Jason Bateman lucked out when he landed the role of Michael Bluth on Arrested Development and he knows it. He says, "A lot of people in America didn’t watch Arrested Development but folk in LA did and they’re the ones hiring." That role brought him back to the attention of Hollywood. He has been working non-stop since then, which is a double edged sword because all the work takes him away from his wife Amanda and his daughter Francesca.
His wife Amanda is the daughter of the famous 60's singer Paul Anka and Jason has said that she is a big part of the reason that helped him grow up and be a great husband and father.
In talking about his wife Amanda he said in an interview with The Independant "She was a very close friend, and it’s worked because I don’t need to be
in a certain mood to like her – she’s like a friend who you never tire
of. And since then I haven’t been picking jobs that are frivolous and
celebrity-making; they are jobs that are career-making. Hopefully I’ve
made some decisions and I’ll reap the benefits. My wife is definitely
responsible for a lot of that.”
Jason also talked about the movie Juno, "I mean, Juno's a good film
but, good God! They talked about it like it was the second coming. And then,
there's other films that get slammed like Smokin' Aces, which I had a small
part in. I thought Joe Carnahan did an incredible job and they killed him
for it. But who knows? All you can do is just act in these things."
I always thought he was such a punk in Silver Spoons. I remember the episode in which Ricky and Derrick were going to open a shop and Derrick wanted to call it "DERRICKS" so it would have both of their names in it.
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