I’ve seen high and lows. When things go well that doesn’t make me feel like some genius. Nor will I allow the next disappointment to make me feel like a complete failure.
BEN AFFLECKI’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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A friend of my mom’s was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.
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I feel like fame is wasted on me.
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Directing 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 dyed my hair for photo tests… I kept it because when am I ever going to be blond again?
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You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.
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My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I’m 31-years-old, and I don’t want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It’s humiliating.
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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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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.
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Its not who you love. Its how.
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The thing about online gambling is that it’s never away, it’s always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it’s designed to take advantage of that.
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I find forgiveness to be really healthy.
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There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.
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My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for over 30 years in the public schools. She’s definitely got some war stories.
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I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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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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