A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
Jason BatemanOur job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through and receiving and processing. If it's a situation where the character should look a little bit out of control or do something stupid, it's your job to act into that, in a believable way.
Jason BatemanJennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.
Jason BatemanI think you get the parts that people are comfortable with seeing you play. I get that. And I don't shy away from those parts.
Jason BatemanIt 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 Bateman