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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Jason Bateman Almost Took His Life in a Very Different Direction During His Biggest Career Lull · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Jason Bateman, big fan of his career is shockingly
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  Speaker 2: coming up on almost five decades after starting as a
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  Speaker 2: child actor at ten. But it wasn't exactly a steady
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  Speaker 2: run all the way through, which almost led to a
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  Speaker 2: very different life and a different career for him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like the polar opposite. He almost became a coffee
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  Speaker 3: shop owner.
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  Speaker 1: Can't you kind of picture that though?
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  Speaker 2: I mean that smile could sell a lot of lattes,
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  Speaker 2: he tells the Hollywood Reporter. After a long string of
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  Speaker 2: success growing up in the mid nineties, his career was
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  Speaker 2: beyond cold, and he's seriously considered taking the earnings he
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  Speaker 2: still had and moving to Western Europe.
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  Speaker 3: Mm hmm to buy and run a cafe. He saw himself,
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  Speaker 3: learning the language, making local friends, having a quaint little life,
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  Speaker 3: and my guess is that he would actually loved it.
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  Speaker 1: But then arrested development came along and the rest is history.
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  Speaker 2: And he's pretty sure that the career he's forged since
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  Speaker 2: would not have happened without those lean years. They make
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  Speaker 2: him seize the opportunities he once again has and keeps
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  Speaker 2: him hungry. His new show DTF Saint Louis is on
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  Speaker 2: HBO that's direct from Hollywood.