Sure, I suffered a lot. But it’s not like the end of the world and it’s not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I’m able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.
BEN AFFLECKI feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
More Ben Affleck Quotes
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I’m sure I can make a movie that doesn’t feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that’s my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.
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You’re basically the sum of all the experiences you’ve ever had, and they’re sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
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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.
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I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.
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There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.
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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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I’ll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I’ll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play.
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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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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
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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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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’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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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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God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you’ll know I’ve lost all my money.
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