I have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself.
BEN AFFLECKI feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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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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I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.
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I’m human, just like anybody else.
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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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Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn’t they? It’s great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, ‘I’m just gonna go to Hollywood!’ is that it seems unrealistic.
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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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My 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.
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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.
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I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me.
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People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, “In the movies, they do crazy stuff.”
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I feel like fame is wasted on me.
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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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