Jason Bateman
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Birthplace:
Rye, New York, USA
The younger brother of Family Ties star Justine Bateman, actor Jason Bateman has been a mainstay on television since the 1980s, starring in countless sitcoms of varying success. He first displayed his scene-stealing propensity in the role of young sharpster Derek Taylor, best friend of star Ricky Schroder, on Silver Spoons. The audience response to Bateman was so positive that the 15-year-old was given his own sitcom vehicle in 1984, as "teenaged con man" Matthew Burton on It's Your Move. When this series was cancelled after one season, Bateman moved to the long-running role of wise-guy teen David Hogan on the mid-1980s series Valerie, which of course later changed names (and leading actresses) to emerge as The Hogan Family. During this period, Bateman also found time to star or co-star in a handful of feature films, such as the 1985 made-for-TV summer-camp comedy Poison Ivy, Teen Wolf, Too, and 1991's Necessary Roughness. However, none of the projects were successful enough to give Bateman a springboard to bigscreen stardom.Following the conclusion of The Hogan Family in 1991, Bateman embarked on a decade plagued by failed TV outings. On top of several pilots that never even saw the light of day, he was the lead in no less than four ill-fated sitcoms, Simon, George and Leo, Chicago Sons, and Some of My Best Friends. Fortunately, as the new millenium was ushered in, things started to look bright for Bateman. After a supporting turn in the Cameron Diaz comedy The Sweetest Thing, his first major theatrical feature in a decade, he was tapped to lead the eclectic ansemble cast of the Ron Howard-produced Fox sitcom Arrested Development. Acclaimed for its smart humor and fresh concept, the show became a hit with critics and viewers.In the wake of Arrested Development's success, Bateman continued to increase his presence in the world of comedy, but henceforth on the silver screen. He made memorable appearances in 2004 comedies like Starsky and Hutch and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, as well as more serious fare, like the 2007 Iraq War movie The Kingdom, but Bateman's next major hit seemed to come later that year, with a memorable supporting role in the comedy Juno. He would continue to be a mainstay in comedy, however, with appearances in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Invention of Lying, Extract, Couples Retreat, and The Switch, but the actor would continue to surprise audiences with more dramatic films as well, like 2009's State of Play and Up in the Air. For comedy fans, Bateman couldn't be avoided in 2011, with roles in Horrible Bosses as well as The Change-Up. Soon, he was signing up to star alongside Olivia Wilde and Billy Cruddup in The Longest Week, and Alexander Skarsgard in Disconnect.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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25% | Thunder Force |
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— | 2021 |
85% | Game Night |
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$33.6M | 2018 |
41% | Office Christmas Party |
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$54.8M | 2016 |
71% | Central Intelligence |
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$127.4M | 2016 |
83% | The Family Fang |
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$15.8k | 2016 |
98% | Zootopia |
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$341.3M | 2016 |
91% | The Gift |
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$33.1M | 2015 |
54% | A LEGO Brickumentary |
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— | 2015 |
35% | Horrible Bosses 2 |
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$40M | 2014 |
44% | This Is Where I Leave You |
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$26.8M | 2014 |
75% | Pump |
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$74k | 2014 |
10% | The Longest Week |
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— | 2014 |
65% | Bad Words |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The Arrested Development Documentary Project |
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— | 2013 |
70% | Disconnect |
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$1.4M | 2013 |
19% | Identity Thief |
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$134.5M | 2013 |
25% | Mansome |
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$18.9k | 2012 |
25% | The Change-Up |
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$37M | 2011 |
69% | Horrible Bosses |
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$117M | 2011 |
70% | Paul |
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$37.4M | 2011 |
52% | The Switch |
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$27.4M | 2010 |
90% | Up in the Air |
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$83.8M | 2009 |
10% | Couples Retreat |
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$109.2M | 2009 |
56% | The Invention of Lying |
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$18.5M | 2009 |
62% | Extract |
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$10.7M | 2009 |
84% | State of Play |
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$37M | 2009 |
41% | Hancock |
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$228M | 2008 |
83% | Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
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$63M | 2008 |
94% | Juno |
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$143.4M | 2007 |
38% | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium |
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$32.1M | 2007 |
51% | The Kingdom |
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$47.5M | 2007 |
19% | The Ex |
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$3.1M | 2007 |
31% | Smokin' Aces |
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$35.6M | 2007 |
22% | Arthur and the Invisibles (Arthur and the Minimoys) |
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$15.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Totally Awesome |
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— | 2006 |
34% | The Break-Up |
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$118.7M | 2006 |
71% | Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story |
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$114.2M | 2004 |
62% | Starsky & Hutch |
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$87.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | One Way Out |
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— | 2002 |
26% | The Sweetest Thing |
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$24.5M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Sol Goode |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Breaking the Rules (Sketches) |
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— | 2001 |
19% | Love Stinks |
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— | 1999 |
56% | The Night We Never Met |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | A Taste for Killing |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Breaking the Rules |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love? - Classroom Version |
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— | 1992 |
33% | Necessary Roughness |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Moving Target |
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— | 1988 |
7% | Teen Wolf Too |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Bates Motel |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Thanksgiving Promise |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Can You Feel Me Dancing? |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Right to Kill? |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Poison Ivy |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins |
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— | 1984 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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71% |
A Teacher
2020
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91% |
The Outsider
2020
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88% |
Kidding
2018-2020
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81% |
Ozark
2017-2020
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Little House on the Prairie
1974-1983
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74% |
Arrested Development
2003-2019
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No Score Yet |
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
2015
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No Score Yet |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Today
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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64% |
The Muppets
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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35% |
Growing Up Fisher
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show
2007
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Inside the Actors Studio
1994-2019
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No Score Yet |
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007-2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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No Score Yet |
It's On With Alexa Chung
2009
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24% |
Sit Down, Shut Up
2009
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9% |
Do Not Disturb
2008
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83% |
Scrubs
2001-2010
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No Score Yet |
King of the Hill
1997-2010
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No Score Yet |
Punk'd (2003)
2003-2012
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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50% |
The Twilight Zone
2002-2003
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57% |
Some of My Best Friends
2001
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No Score Yet |
For Your Love
1998-2002
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No Score Yet |
Brother's Keeper
1998-1999
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72% |
Miami Vice
1984-1990
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No Score Yet |
Two of a Kind
1998-1999
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70% |
George & Leo
1997-1998
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No Score Yet |
Family Matters
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
Matlock
1986-1995
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No Score Yet |
The Hogan Family
1986-1991
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No Score Yet |
St. Elsewhere
1982-1988
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No Score Yet |
Knight Rider
1982-1986
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29% |
Chicago Sons
1997
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No Score Yet |
Growing Up Fisher
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Quotes from Jason Bateman's Characters
Nick Wilde: | It's called a hustle, sweetheart. |
Judy Hopps: | What is your problem? Does seeing me fail somehow make you feel better about your sad, miserable life? |
Nick Wilde: | It does, 100%. |
Nick Wilde: | "Naïve little hick with good grades and big ideas decides, ‘Hey, look at me, I’m gonna move to Zootopia, where predators and prey live in harmony and sing Kumbaya!’ |
Nick Wilde: | Naïve little hick with good grades and big ideas decides,hey, look at me, I'm gonna move to Zootopia, where predators and prey live in harmony and sing Kumbaya! |
Nick Wilde: | What do you call a three humped camel? |
Flash: | I Don't Know. |
Nick Wilde: | Pregnant! |
Judy Hopps: | Nicholas Wilde, You are under arrest. |
Nick Wilde: | For what? Hurting your feewings? |
Judy Hopps: | Felony Tax Evasion. |
Nick Wilde: | You know you love me. |
Judy Hopps: | Do I know that? Yes, yes I do. |
Nick Wilde: | (Talking about a sheep) Hey when it's hard for her to fall asleep does she count herself? |
Nick Wilde: | Hey when it's hard for her to fall asleep does she count herself? |
Nick Wilde: | Don't let go! |
Judy Hopps: | I'm gonna let go! |
Nick Wilde: | What!? |
Nick Wilde: | What? |
Judy Hopps: | I'm not a dumb bunny! |
Nick Wilde: | Right. And that's not wet cement. |
Judy Hopps: | Y'know, I think you might actually make a good cop. |
Nick Wilde: | How dare you. |
Nick Wilde: | Did you just boot my stroller? |
Finnick: | You kiss me tomorrow, I'll bite your face off! |
Nick Wilde: | Flash, flash, a hundred yard dash. |
Nick Wilde: | It's My word against your's.. |
Nick Wilde: | It's My word against yours.. |
Judy Hopps: | Actually it's your words againts yours.. |
Nick Wilde: | Carrot! |
Nick Wilde: | Carrots! |
Nick Wilde: | "It's called a hustle, sweetheart." |
Nick Wilde: | It's called a hustle, sweetheart. |
Gordo: | Excuse me, we went to school together. |
Simon: | Sorry, I can't place you. |
Gordo: | Gordon, Gordon Mosely. |
Beatrice: | Well, a woman can wear many hats. |
Conrad Vamont: | Yeah? What does that mean? |
Beatrice: | It means a woman can be inhibited and conservative with one man and virtually the opposite with another. |
Guy Trilby: | Your child is so ugly it's not even abductable. |
Guy Trilby: | Why don't you turn that curry hole around before I tell the pilot your bag is ticking. |
Nick: | My boss, who we're planning to kill is dying... And you save his life!!!! |
Dale: | Well it sounds bad when you say it like that. |
Pepper Brooks: | I just talked to White Goodman today, and his team REALLY wants to win this one. |
Pepper Brooks: | I just talked to White Goodman today, and his team really wants to win this one. |
Cotton McKnight: | . . . . . . Right you are. |
Cotton McKnight: | Right you are. |
Nick Hendricks: | I was drag racing. |
Officer Wilkens: | In a Prius?!?! |
Officer Wilkens: | In a Prius? |
Nick Hendricks: | I don't win a lot. |
Rich Boyd: | Your son is fucking sadistic and he needs help. |
Mike Dixon: | My son needs help? At least my son didn't try to hang himself. |
Moses Buggs: | Moses Buggs: The Good Lord is the only doctor she'll ever need. Agent Zoil: Copy that! |
Moses Buggs: | The Good Lord is the only doctor she'll ever need. |
Agent Zoil: | Copy that! |
Sandy Patterson: | You got hit by a car. Are you even human? |
Diana: | The trick is to just relax your legs. Read it on Wiki-how. |
Sandy Patterson: | You got hit by a car. Are you even human? |
Diana: | The trick is to just relax your legs. Read it on Wiki-how. |
Henry Weston the Mutant: | You know, some people... send flowers, or cards, or... give people hugs. I... make sure their paper work's all in order. I thought I'd try something different. |
Kurt Buckman: | What about you grandmother, "Booby"? |
Kurt Buckman: | What about you grandmother, 'Booby'? |
Nick Hendricks: | Gam Gam |
Nick Hendricks: | Gam Gam. |
Dave: | He never told me you were a big fat fucking boner |
Dave: | He didn't tell me you were a big, fat, fucking boner. |
Nick Hendricks: | i get to work before the sun comes up and i leave long after its gone down i havent had sex in six months with someone other than myself and the only thing in my refrigerator is an old lime it could me a kiwi no way to tell |
Nick Hendricks: | I get to work before the sun comes up, and I leave long after it's gone down. I haven't had sex in 6 months with someone other than myself. And the only thing in my refrigerator is a old lime. It could be an old kiwi, no way to tell. |
Pepper Brooks: | ( Peter Lafleur blindfold himself) that's a bold strategy cotton I wonder if it will pay off |
Pepper Brooks: | [Peter Lafleur blindfold himself] That's a bold strategy cotton. I wonder if it will pay off. |
Pepper Brooks: | [Peter Lafleur blindfold himself] It's a bold strategy, Cotton. I wonder if it will pay off. |
Dave Lockwood: | Sabrina: So, ah, I'll have my briefs on your desk by lunch. Dave: That puts my balls on your chin by dinner. |
Sabrina: | So, ah, I'll have my briefs on your desk by lunch. |
Dave: | That puts my balls on your chin by dinner. |
Agent Zoil: | Three tits, that's awesome! |
Dale: | (After pellit is shot) what's going on hows pellit? |
Dale: | [after pellit is shot] what's going on hows pellit? |
Dale: | [after Pellit is shot] what's going on hows pellit? |
Nick: | Still pretty f***Inge dead dale. |
Nick: | Still pretty f***Inge dead Dale. |
Agent Zoil: | Call me Lorenzo. |
Clive Gollings: | Lorenzo Zoil? |
Nick Hendricks: | (During Nick's Intro) The only hitch: I work for this guy, David Harken, who right now is feeding me some fresh sh*t for being two minutes late. He's a total f*cking asshole. |
Nick Hendricks: | [during Nick's intro] The only hitch: I work for this guy, David Harken, who right now is feeding me some fresh sh*t for being two minutes late. He's a total f*cking asshole. |
Dale Arbus: | (During Dale's Intro) And it would've been the perfect job, if it weren't for one evil, crazy b*tch...D.D.S. |
Dale Arbus: | [during Dale's intro] And it would've been the perfect job, if it weren't for one evil, crazy b*tch...D.D.S. |
Kurt Buckman: | (During Kurt's Intro) And if the worst thing about this job is having to tolerate my boss' dipsh*t cokehead son, well, it's a small price to pay. |
Kurt Buckman: | [during Kurt's intro] And if the worst thing about this job is having to tolerate my boss' dipsh*t cokehead son, well, it's a small price to pay. |
Dave: | So I can't sleep with my wife, I can't sleep with other women. What the hell is that? |
Mitch: | Marriage. |
Nick: | (showing Nick's intro) My boss he's a TOTAL FUCKING ASSHOLE. |
Nick: | [showing Nick's intro] My boss he's a TOTAL FUCKING ASSHOLE. |
Dale: | (showing Dale's intro) My boss she's a EVIL CRAZY BITCH. |
Dale: | [showing Dale's intro] My boss she's a EVIL CRAZY BITCH. |
Kurt: | (showing Kurt's intro) My boss he's a DIPSHIT COKEHEAD SON. |
Kurt: | [showing Kurt's intro] My boss he's a DIPSHIT COKEHEAD SON. |
Agent Zoil: | Nerds, huh? |
O'Reilly: | Yes, they wen to Comic-Con. They met Adam Shadowchild. |
Agent Zoil: | Who the hell's Adam Shadowchild? |
Agent Zoil: | Who the hell's Adam Shadowchild? |
Agent Zoil: | Who the hell is Adam Shadowchild? |
Craig Gregory: | Bingham, here's the boat. You wanna be in the boat? |
Ryan Bingham: | Yeah. Alone. |
Ryan Bingham: | Tell me you're not taking this seriously. |
Craig Gregory: | That's why we got the entire company off the road...because we're not taking it seriously. |
Craig Gregory: | That's why we got the entire company off the road... because we're not taking it seriously. |
Dave: | Having children, is, it's like living with little mini drug addicts. You know, they're laughing one minute, and then they're crying the next, and then they're trying to kill themselves in your bathroom for no good reason. They're very mean and selfish and they burn through your money and they break sh-. |
Dave: | Having children, is, it's like living with little mini drug addicts. You know, they're laughing one minute, and then they're crying the next, and then they're trying to kill themselves in your bathroom for no good reason. They're very mean and selfish and they burn through your money and they break sh**t. |
Dave: | Don't come at me guns loaded! |
Dave: | Can't believe you would come at me guns hot! |
Mitch: | What do i tell jamie if she wants to have sex. Dave: you are not having sex with my wife mtch. |
Mitch: | What do I tell Jamie when she wants to have sex tonight. |
Dave: | You're not having sex with wife Mitch. |
Pepper Brooks: | Ouchtown, population you, Bro! |
Nick: | I don't have sleeve gloves! |
Craig Gregory: | She's fired Ned. |
Ryan Bingham: | A dog can fire Ned. Fire me! |
Ryan Bingham: | That's me hanging up on you. |
Craig Gregory: | Great! Love that sound. |
Craig Gregory: | Good. I love that sound. |
Kurt: | Your boss is so hot. |
Kurt: | Your boss is incredibly hot. |
Dale: | Don't talk about how hot she is. |
Kurt: | She makes herself a little snack. First, a popsicle. Then, a banana. And finally, a hot dog. And eating them in that weird order thats not a proper meal. |
Kurt: | She makes herself a little snack. A popsicle. A banana. And finally, a hot dog. And eating them in that weird order thats not a proper meal. |
Nick: | That's hot to cold. |
Nick: | That's cold to hot. |
Nick: | It's cold to hot. |
Nick: | I was drag Racing. |
Nick: | I was drag racing. |
Nick: | Cop: In a prius? |
Nick: | I dont win alot. |
Wally: | Look at us, running around. Always rushed, always late. I guess that's why they call it the human race. What we crave most in this world is connection. For some people it happens at first site. It's when you know you know. It's fate working its magic. And that's great for them. They get to live in a pop song. Ride the express train. But that's not the way it really works. For the rest of us, it's a bit less romantic. It's complicated, it's messy. It's about horrible timing, and fumbled opportunities. And not being able to say what you need to say when you need to say it. At least, that's the way it was for me. |
Nick: | "Can you explain why you were going 61 on a 25 zone?" "I was drag racing..." "...In a prius?" "I don't win a lot." |
Nick: | I was drag racing. |
Sebastian: | Do you ever scared you could have Parkinson's disease? |
Wally: | Not specifically Parkinson’s disease but, I am not going to lie I have had my doubts of hypochondriac. |
Wally: | Not specifically Parkinson's disease but, I am not going to lie I have had my doubts of hypochondriac. |
Sebastian: | What’s that? |
Sebastian: | What's that? |
Wally: | That’s thinking you have diseases that you don’t really have. |
Wally: | That's thinking you have diseases that you don't really have. |
Sebastian: | OMG I have that. |
Wally: | Because getting old sucks, most people don’t accomplish what they hope to and they realize there most likely not going to. They end up living this quiet life of denial and you know brushing birthdays under the rug becomes a big part of that. |
Wally: | Because getting old sucks, most people don't accomplish what they hope to and they realize there most likely not going to. They end up living this quiet life of denial and you know brushing birthdays under the rug becomes a big part of that. |
Sebastian: | I'm having a birthday party! |
Wally: | Oh yah you enjoy that, There is going to comes a time in your life when you don’t want people to know it’s your birthday. |
Sebastian: | Why wouldn’t anyone want people to know about their birthday? |