Justine Bateman (on her designing clothes when her daughter becomes a teen): Maybe. Or maybe she’ll hate me. Isn’t that the time you turn on your mother? I’m going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I’ll be like, “Give me a call when you’re done with all that.”
Justine Bateman: The cast [of Men in Trees] is full of really neat people. Like Emily Bergl- she has a fondue club. They get together and make fondue and share recipes. The last time I talked to her, she was like: “Can I call you right back? I’m brewing beer.” She was brewing beer in her house! And John Amos? He’s so cool, a legend. He lives on a boat in Mexico.
Justine Bateman (on how she got the role of Lynn on Men in Trees): This is going to sound is made-up, but I was on an airplane and [creator] Jenny Bicks was also on the plane. We didn’t have a conversation. She saw me, called my agents and said, “Oh, can she play Lynn?”
Justine Bateman (on playing parts more low-key than Mallory Keaton) I really like the anonymity that I enjoy now. It's much more relaxing, but I do miss the opportunities that come with having a hit show. I don't see who wouldn't. You have a lot more opportunities when you're on a hit show. That was a different time. If that show was popular now, I would have a lot more opportunities than I did back then.
Justine Bateman (on progressing from teenager to adult in the public eye) I think to be in the public eye from 16 to 23 is a really weird moment because that’s the time somebody’s discovering what kind of adult they are in society. I think to do that while people are watching — and watching so critically — really makes you too self-conscious and makes you question what you’re doing and doubt what you’re doing, instead of exhibiting yourself as you are ... To be able to do that while enduring criticism for it makes you pull away.
Justine Bateman (on her dedication to the TV show 24) I think the writing is fantastic. I'm an absolute fan of Kiefer Sutherland. I know Kiefer, and I think he's fantastic.
Before entering the design business, Justine's hobbies were pottery and knitting. It was her proficiency at knitting that resulted in her opening Justine Bateman Designs.
Justine's first film, Satisfaction, also featured then unknowns Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts.
Justine is a licensed pilot, a certified scuba instructor, and a self-confessed Internet junkie.
Justine got an Emmy nod for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1985-6, and again in 1986-7.
Justine runs her own fashion designer company, Justine Bateman Design, from which she designs under the name 'Bad Baby Boy.'
Justine's mother is Maltese-American.
Accompanied her brother Jason to his "Family Ties" audition, and won the role of Mallory Keaton on the show.
She worked at the YMCA in Los Angeles as a Counselor.
Nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1984 for "Family Ties" - won her first and last Young Artist award in 1985 for "Family Ties"
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