Reality programming and social media make the game board bigger; they increase the number of runners on the track, each lunging at the finish line to be the first chest to hit the tape. Justine Bateman Read Quote
Somewhere along the way, we made it unpopular to value oneself outside the structure of fame. We created these new categories, even – reality stars, YouTube stars, Instagram-famous, Twitter-famous – when we enlarged the fame game board to allow new valuations within the fame structure to accommodate as many people as possible. Justine Bateman Read Quote
I already knew that I wanted to be involved in something that combined management and coding, so I wasn’t coding all the time. And I don’t want to be in a management position, where that’s all I’m doing, and I’m not able to participate in the creation of the technology. Justine Bateman Read Quote
Maybe for every 100 fans who thought about saying something nasty to singer Justin Bieber this month, maybe 200 did. Justine Bateman Read Quote
When you have to write a letter, you’re automatically put into a state of composure and a kind of formality. You can’t help it. So, no, I never once got a letter where someone just popped off at me. Justine Bateman Read Quote
We can assume that for every 100 people who wanted to say something to their favorite performer, maybe only ten actually got out the stationery. And of those ten, maybe only four get the letter to the mailbox. So, out of all those fans, maybe only four percent are actually sending you anything. And maybe you have read it. Or not. Justine Bateman Read Quote
If somebody did a new show that, within a family, had conflicting political views, that would be great. Justine Bateman Read Quote
My personal feeling about reboots is – I’m very against it. I feel bad for the pop culture of this generation because I feel like they’re getting a lot of retread… a lot of digested and vomited stuff from our teens and 20s and all of that. Justine Bateman Read Quote
The rule was, the kids in this agency had to do 15 commercials or something before they sent them out on a theatrical audition, for a television show. And I had only done two commercials. Justine Bateman Read Quote
Starting in my 20s, I couldn’t wait to look like Anna Magnani or Isabelle Huppert, all these great European actresses – Charlotte Rampling – the cheekbones and the heavy lidded eyes and the dark circles under the eyes, you know. So around 42/44, I started getting a little character on my face, and I was so glad. Justine Bateman Read Quote
