Jason Bateman

Yeah, look, I think I've been very, very lucky with the caliber of director.

Well, thank you for what you just said, first of all, but I also think it is about how lucky I've been with the caliber of director.

You know, I form trust with that person, and so therefore can...

filter my own innocence of whether i was or good bad or indifferent and and and match it to their uh honesty about it um and the best directors as well often give you a prompt that turns everything around 180 degrees and it's not that they've rejected what you've done or didn't like it they just want to see something different that's what's that's what excites me is just trying to jump through a different hoop in a way um

I think a little bit on every job, but to one degree or another.

That's a really good question, Sean.

Thank you.

Well, I guess the bottom line is there's no sort of secret sauce to it.

I feel...

Yeah, I feel excited when I'm taking a big swing.

When did I first feel that sense of, oh, I'm not sure I can do this?

Sorry.

Well, I was just going to say, it was one of those reactions where I've got the job, and then I thought, oh my God, how am I going to do that?

And that was playing Stephen Hawking in it.

television drama about his life which sort of compared to Eddie's took it up to you know he was walking with a stick and the speech was very impaired still married to Jane Hawking so it was one slice of his life his extraordinary life and

Yeah, the thrill, the elation of that, and then going, oh, my God, I've just convinced people that I can do this.

I don't think I can.

You know, I was immediately terrified after the 10 seconds of elation.

Right.

So I guess that was the first moment where I thought, well, this is kind of a big swing.