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.
BEN AFFLECKJust 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.
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I’m always described as ‘cocksure’ or ‘with a swagger,’ and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
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Yes, I’m going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.
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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 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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I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
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If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I’d call.
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I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.
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If we try to define our own moral universe, there’s a price for that.
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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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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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You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.
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My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I’m 31-years-old, and I don’t want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It’s humiliating.
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I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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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.
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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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