Forty year old actor Jason Bateman said today that his rise on the TV
shows like"Valerie/The Hogen Family" made him a "hopeless drunk"
"I was 16 when I started Valerie and when I did The Hogen Family,things just got
worse for me.Looking back on it I bet I did more than half the show on Hogen
eather hungover or just plan bombed.
I said a lot of things to people on the show that I did not mean,but it
my drinking that was talking.
My self and Sandy had few set too. I even tried to get her fired once because
she was angry at me directing a show. I also had did and said
things to Valerie that I did nor mean.
It was all that "fame" that made me drink. I just was not ready for it".
Bob