Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.
BEN AFFLECKPeople decided that I was the frat guy, even though I’ve never been inside a fraternity, or the guy who beat them up at school, even though that wasn’t me at all.
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A friend of my mom’s was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.
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I find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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You don’t know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you’re going to get some good fried chicken.
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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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Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.
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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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Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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I’m not the most loathsome man in the world. I’ve dropped to number nine.
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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’m human, just like anybody else.
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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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Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.
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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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I 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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