Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.
BEN AFFLECKEvery single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.
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.
BEN AFFLECKI feel like fame is wasted on me.
BEN AFFLECKIf I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I’d call.
BEN AFFLECKI’m not the most loathsome man in the world. I’ve dropped to number nine.
BEN AFFLECKNo matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.
BEN AFFLECKI 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.
BEN AFFLECKWhen you hire great actors, you’re lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and take risks. You’re happy that you get to watch them at the monitor and that your name is on the director’s chair.
BEN AFFLECKMy 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.
BEN AFFLECKOnline gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people told you to work hard and get ahead, but when someone shows you something and it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
BEN AFFLECKI try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.
BEN AFFLECKYou have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
BEN AFFLECKAffleck was the bomb in Phantoms.
BEN AFFLECKThe best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man.
BEN AFFLECKI 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.
BEN AFFLECKI 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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