It’s important for me to try my hand at philanthropy because I want to leave behind a record of someone who did more than just gobble up stuff for themselves. I realized that a life lived for yourself is not much of a life.
BEN AFFLECKThe thing about online gambling is that it’s never away, it’s always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it’s designed to take advantage of that.
More Ben Affleck Quotes
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I like the incongruity of how in Iran, these people we think of as being revolutionaries or fanatics or whatever are just as aware of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader as our people are back home.
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How 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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Its not who you love. Its how.
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I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there’s also that fear, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be like my father,’ or, ‘I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like me.’ You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism.
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I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.
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People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, “In the movies, they do crazy stuff.”
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There is currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency. You can spend it in a lot of ways, or you can squander it. You can be taxed, as well. I really started thinking long and hard about how to use that currency as long as I had it.
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I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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You get old, you slow down.
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You don’t know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you’re going to get some good fried chicken.
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I find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.
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I’ve never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.
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I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.
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I’m human, just like anybody else.
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