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.
BEN AFFLECKDirecting 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 like the incongruity of how in Iran, these people we think of as being revolutionaries or fanatics or whatever are just as aware of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader as our people are back home.
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Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.
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I’m much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they’re dating or what clothes they’re wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.
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I dyed my hair for photo tests… I kept it because when am I ever going to be blond again?
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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’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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It doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.
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Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people told you to work hard and get ahead, but when someone shows you something and it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
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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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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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Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.
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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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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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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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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
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