I know Jason Bateman is supposed to be the butt of jokes in Couples Retreat, but I was on his side. He’s an obsessive planner, as is his movie spouse, played by Kristen Bell. They have power point presentations and itineraries, but I would love to have my match like that. Anyway, they learn something when they go on a therapy island but if my planning girl is still out there, I’m available.

Crave Online: Do you have a powerpoint for the interview?

Jason Bateman: Oh my God.

Crave Online: How much A type and control freak are you in real life?

Jason Bateman: I am not very A type. I like to sort of just let it go. My wife on the other hand is very good about organization and planning and between the two of us, there’s somebody normal, right in between.

Crave Online: You and Kristen Bell were the relationship I wanted to have. I’d love to have someone schedule everything. That would be awesome.

Jason Bateman: We have an island for you to visit when that happens. Yeah, there’s nothing all that bad about what they do. I think that it’s a combination of sort of their routine along with sort of their inherent sort of uptightness too which probably goes into their emotional life and perhaps their sexual life and spiritual life and all that stuff. So they need this island, they need this program to kind of shake things loose and lighten up a little bit.

Crave Online: When they told you they were shooting in Bora Bora, did they have you guys at hello?

Jason Bateman: They sure did. Yeah, with me it was a very easy yes. This was something that was born from two of my comedy heroes, Jon and Vince. It was just a great call to get. The location could’ve been Laughlin, I don’t care, on a bus but it happened to be the most idyllic situation you could ever imagine literally. If you could just run through all the travel brochures and find the one place you’d want to go, it really, really would be this spot and it would be that resort. We got to stay there for five weeks for free and get paid and shoot a movie that we love and with people that we love.

Crave Online: Vince Vaughn and the gang always say the best idea wins, so did you think of ideas for other characters than your own?

Jason Bateman: Yeah, it was a very collaborative set. There were no bad ideas and everybody felt very safe to pitch in and it was kind of a free for all. The rehearsal process was never rushed or forced and there was enough time for everything to be worked out. That was important because there were eight of us. With eight people, if you’re all together in the same scene, those eight people need to make kind of one character so everybody kind of has to be on guard to make sure that they’re playing whatever right element they need to to make it all work.

Crave Online: What was the most embarrassing scene: Dry hump yoga or naked on the beach?

Jason Bateman: The disrobing on the beach was not really that tough for anybody except Faizon. We were all basically in our bathing suits. I mean, the guys were wearing boxers and the girls were wearing underwear and bra but they were the size of a bathing suit anyway, right? So I would say, I don't know, the most embarrassing, I don't know. I certainly got off pretty scott free. I didn’t have to do anything all that embarrassing in this movie, I don't think. We got away with it.