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81 quotes by Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Affleck at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International Born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (1972-08-15) August 15, 1972 (age 42) Berkeley, California, U.S. Alma mater University of Vermont Occidental College Occupation Actor, writer, producer, director Years active 1981–present Spouse(s) Jennifer Garner (m. 2005) Children 3 Relatives Casey Affleck (brother) Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972),...
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I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. A friend of my mom's was a casting director, so really, as kind of a... →

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I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of 20 or 30 movies. You're... →

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I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before... →

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I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one would ever consider me for a movie that took... →

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I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something... →

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I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as... →

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I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents... →

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I started as a child, in this PBS series 'Voyage of the Mimi,' which led to driving down to New York for 'Afterschool Special'... →

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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... →

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I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The... →

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Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly... →

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Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me... →

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The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it... →

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