It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you have a director that understands that, it's comforting to an actor. You're starting the relationship more as a collaborator, rather than as an employee or some kind of a soldier trying to execute something you don't organically feel.
Jason BatemanI actually enjoyed changing diapers and I enjoyed swaddling. I don't mind being swaddled either, on occasion.
Jason BatemanI don't get a chance to cry that often on film, so I was hoping that talent would come my way, that day. I cheated, I guess, when I just started looking at my technology device - my iPhone - to look at pictures of my kids, before I did the scene where I had to cry. That was a good trick that I found.
Jason BatemanI remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.
Jason Bateman