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.
BEN AFFLECKThe trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you’re trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.
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No matter what you’re doing, if you’re trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.
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There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.
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I find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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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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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
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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 feel things more deeply anything to do with kids. It just makes a big difference in my life Having a child is like taking the deepest core vulnerable aspect of myself, reaching in and taking it outside of my body.
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The 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.
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I want to thank my wife who I don’t normally usually associate with Iran. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good. It is work, but it’s the best kind of work, and there’s no one I’d rather work with!
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Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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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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I’m not the most loathsome man in the world. I’ve dropped to number nine.
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One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.
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No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.
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There’s a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy.
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