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.
BEN AFFLECKWhen I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I’m doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it’s so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time.
More Ben Affleck Quotes
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There’s a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy.
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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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There is currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency. You can spend it in a lot of ways, or you can squander it. You can be taxed, as well. I really started thinking long and hard about how to use that currency as long as I had 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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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 have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself.
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I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there’s also that fear, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be like my father,’ or, ‘I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like me.’ You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism.
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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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A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can’t. Either way a sale is made, the only question is: Who is gonna close?
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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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I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did.
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You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not.
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I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.
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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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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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