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’ve finally learnt how to say, ‘No comment’. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.
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If we try to define our own moral universe, there’s a price for that.
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I try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.
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There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.
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I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.
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I find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
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I’m not the most loathsome man in the world. I’ve dropped to number nine.
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I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn’t they? It’s great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, ‘I’m just gonna go to Hollywood!’ is that it seems unrealistic.
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But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn’t know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing, but I knew I could work hard at it, and so I did.
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I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol.
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I dyed my hair for photo tests… I kept it because when am I ever going to be blond again?
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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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.
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