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There’s a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there’s a lot of compromise that goes with that.

Ben Affleck

I recognize that Hollywood is not about seniority. Often it’s not even a meritocracy. It’s about what you did yesterday. You have a couple of misses, and suddenly it’s impossible to find a hit. So the swings are gigantic. But I’ve always understood it as such, and navigated it as such.
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Couple Finding Hollywood Missing Recognition Yourself
Directing is monumentally complicated and it’s a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great to do a movie I’m not in, I could just eat Fritos and just say, ‘yeah, it’s good!’ Some day.
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Complication Day Direction Function Movie Pay Time Yourself
A lot of my shows in the past have been more theatrical than others, but you really get the bug for it when you direct on stage.
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Direction Past Stage Theatre Yourself
Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.
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Change Forever Ourselves People
My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She’s definitely got some war stories.
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Mom Myself Public School Story Teaching Try War
Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.
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Movie Scripture Stuff Watch
There’s a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there’s a lot of compromise that goes with that.
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Compromise Live Romance Rule Society Yourself
There’s a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy.
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Energy Internet Voice World
It doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.
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Knock Life Yourself
I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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Aspect Feeling Important Movie Myself
You get old, you slow down.
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Age Old Slow Time Yourself
There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.
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Greatness Love Pure Romantic Sleep
I kinda see my current position like this: Here’s your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before ‘Chuck Woolery’ rings the bell.
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Current Goodness Movie Position Ring Yourself
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
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Day Family Love Ourselves Tragedy
No actor forgets the times he couldn’t get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don’t want that momentum to stop when you get it.
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Fear Forget Job Momentum Stop Time Yourself
I feel like fame is wasted on me.
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Fame Feeling Myself Wasted Time

There’s a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there’s a lot of compromise that goes with that.

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