If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt — and fueled even more than Hollywood by money — if that’s possible.
BEN AFFLECKI grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
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Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
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I’ve never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.
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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.
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I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn’t fully appreciate. But I’m now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.
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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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If we try to define our own moral universe, there’s a price for that.
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Online 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.
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I’m human, just like anybody else.
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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’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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Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.
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The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man.
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