Jason Bateman Opens Up About Drug Use

It wasn’t long ago that Jason Bateman appeared in a Gap ad with his adorable daughter Francesca on his shoulders, making women and obsessed Arrested Development fans everywhere swoon. But the hilarious, doting dad has not always had such a perfect life. Bateman, once a child star, has come into his own as an adult actor, but the road in between Silver Spoons and Arrested Development proved to be rough.

He talked to Details this month and didn’t hold back when discussing his teens and early 20s. “It was like Risky Business for 10 years,” he says of the nineties. “My parents were out of town, they left me a bunch of money, the car, and the house, and I didn’t know when they were coming home. I’d worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.”

Though he was still acting during those years, it wasn’t until he gave up his vices (after an ultimatum from wife Amanda Anka) that his adult career really developed. Of his habits, he said, “Booze was what would make me want to stay out all night and do some blow or smoke a joint or whatever, so shutting that off was key.” After joining AA, he managed to kick drugs and alcohol and it’s paid off. After all, we can’t imagine a world without him driving that stair car around as Michael Bluth. [Photo: WireImage]