Jason Bateman

I just feel like I'm a little bit more eyes open, ears open, heart open.

If I am like, I worry when I get too comfortable.

Anyway, all right.

So you come out to LA, you start working.

Do you remember what that job was that gave you a little bit of like a, oh, wow, I think I might be able to make a living at this.

Some people have raised some eyebrows.

I'm getting some calls.

Was there one that kind of initiated the momentum that you've kept going since then?

Oh, they thought you weren't even like an actor.

Yeah, exactly.

It's like, oh, okay.

I just got to do my thing.

But now when you walk down the street,

You're getting stopped.

Yeah.

And you have been for years.

But what's your relationship with that?

Do you feel like those are two separate people, the person that the public recognizes, wants to talk to?

Or have you been able to incorporate that into what seems to be an incredibly authentic relationship?

From the very beginning, you've been very tapped into keeping it real, not being full of shit, no artifice, no veneer.