Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.
BEN AFFLECKA 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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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 find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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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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I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.
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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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Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!
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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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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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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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’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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I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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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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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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