There’s a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there’s a lot of compromise that goes with that.
BEN AFFLECKI’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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day.
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Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any.
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Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.
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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 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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The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man.
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No actor forgets the times he couldn’t get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don’t want that momentum to stop when you get it.
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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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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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When you hire great actors, you’re lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and take risks. You’re happy that you get to watch them at the monitor and that your name is on the director’s chair.
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I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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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 trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
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I’m human, just like anybody else.
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