The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man.
BEN AFFLECKThe best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man.
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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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The 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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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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No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.
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I try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.
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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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I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
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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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Just because a lot of people know something nominal doesn’t make it important. A lot of people know what a pencil sharpener is, but that doesn’t make it the most important invention of the 20th century.
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I feel like fame is wasted on me.
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I have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself.
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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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Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.
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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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