Just because a lot of people know something nominal doesn’t make it important. A lot of people know what a pencil sharpener is, but that doesn’t make it the most important invention of the 20th century.
BEN AFFLECKHow about the more than 1 billion Muslim people in the U.S, who aren’t fanatical, who don’t punch women, who just want to go to school, have some sandwiches, and pray five times a day?
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No matter what you’re doing, if you’re trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.
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I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I’ll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I’ll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play.
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I have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself.
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Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.
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No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.
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I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me.
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My professional success is really important to me, and my career is really important to me. It’s the most important thing to me outside of my family. I take it very seriously and work really, really hard at it. Family comes first, but this is something that’s really important to me too.
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You’re basically the sum of all the experiences you’ve ever had, and they’re sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
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I’m much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they’re dating or what clothes they’re wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
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I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.
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Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
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You have to pay people real money.
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