As we watch them on TV or movies with perfectly scripted families and lives, we learn that being a child star has it's ups and downs...like, a whole lotta downs.
Grown-up child star, Jason Bateman, is not an exception.
"I'm not a great brother or uncle or son for that matter," Bateman, who co-stars in the upcoming Will Smith movie "Hancock," says in the cover story of the new issue of Best Life magazine. "I don't have this obligatory `I have to call Mom once a week,' because we're just buddies."What do child stars give up? Well, I think they give up being a child and being taken care of. I think most of them learn early that they are their families way out of financial holes and problems.
Bateman says he and sister, Justine supported the family with their paychecks from "Little House on the Prairie," "Family Ties," "Silver Spoons" and other shows. He fired his father as his manager when he was 20.
Since then, he's had an off-and-on relationship with both his father and mother."I don't think there are many people who would say that was a healthy situation," Bateman said.
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