“I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to s...” — Jason Bateman Quote

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.

I don't want to be obnoxious with my ambition or sound like I expect any sort of entitlement here. Hollywood is not in the business of humoring people.

My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. 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.

My father was a director and producer, so when I was a little kid, he would take me to movies and show me what's good and what's not good and why, and often that would take me to a conversation about directing.

Superior virtue must be the fruit of superior intelligence.

I don't have a favorite fruit. There are things that thrill me each turn of the season.

Honduras in 2009 and Paraguay in 2012 were low-hanging fruit, small countries with outsized oligarchies, where mild reformers were easily dispatched.

To have power naps! In the past months, I have learned to have them everywhere I go, and that is key for my health. To eat healthy food is also essential - especially fruit, for the vitamins.

My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.