Ben Affleck Quotes - Page 3

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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.

  Ben Affleck

  Mom, Mother, Stay Strong

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• I don't go back and look at the monitor between every take; I wait until I feel like we finally got it right: "Let me stop and look at that last one on the monitor."

  Ben Affleck

  Waiting, Looks, Lasts

  "Oscars Q&A: Ben Affleck". Interview with Christy Grosz, deadline.com. December 18, 2012.

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• Just because a lot of people know something nominal doesn't make it important. A lot of people know what a pencil sharpener is, but that doesn't make it the most important invention of the 20th century.

  Ben Affleck

  People, Important, Invention

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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.

  Ben Affleck

  Dad, Father, Kids

  "Ben Affleck: I quit drinking to be good husband". Mirror interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2008.

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• Also, getting the chance to play a supporting part meant that I didn't have to do as much as the protagonist, such as running around telling the story. [As the protagonist] you push the story whereas, paradoxically, as a character part, you have a chance to explore some of the nuance and some of the more complicated aspects of a character.

  Ben Affleck

  Running, Character, Play

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• My professional success is really important to me, and my career is really important to me. It's the most important thing to me outside of my family. I take it very seriously and work really, really hard at it. Family comes first, but this is something that's really important to me too.

  Ben Affleck

  Careers, Important, Firsts

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• I'm human, just like anybody else.

  Ben Affleck

  Humans

  "Lt. Watada explains his risky stand in extensive interview". Interview with Ken Mochizuki, www.iexaminer.org. January 18, 2007.

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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.

  Ben Affleck

  Gambling, Issues, Online

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• Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious.

  Ben Affleck

  Phrases, Used, Wells

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• On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give a sh-t about Batman and they've now passed that affection onto my son. He's always like, 'Papa, can I watch Frozen?' And I'm like, 'No, dude, it's not on again!'.

  Ben Affleck

  Daughter, Mother, Hero

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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.

  Ben Affleck

  Couple, Swings, Yesterday

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• One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.

  Ben Affleck

  Guy, Actors, Magazines

  "Ben Affleck: Filmmaker of the Year 2012" by Chris Heath, www.gq.com. November 15, 2012.

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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.

  Ben Affleck

  Mom, Jobs, Couple

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• I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart.

  Ben Affleck

  Mistake, Fall, Plot

  Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.

  Ben Affleck

  Kids, Reality, Thinking

  "Ben Affleck: I quit drinking to be good husband". Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2008.

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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 most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

  Ben Affleck

  Thinking, People, Hollywood

  "New Again: Ben Affleck". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 16, 2014.

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• On the day he had colonic irrigation: 'I feel I lost my virginity that day in so many ways.'

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  Way, Lost, Irrigation

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• I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.

  Ben Affleck

  Fun, Night, Cynical

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• I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.

  Ben Affleck

  Kids, Men, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's much nicer to be praised than to be damned. But you have to have a certain sense of your own priorities and ideas about what works and what doesn't because otherwise, if you're just looking for eternal validation all the time, you can be motivated by the wrong things and I don't think it's as personally satisfying in your own work.

  Ben Affleck

  Thinking, Validation, Ideas

  Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• We wanted to show people what it was like in one of those neighbourhoods that they would never have access to, in bars that they would be too scared to go into, and a world that they would never get to see. All of that is something really unusual and rare and kind of fascinating. And the only way to do that and to make it really worthwhile was that it had to be authentic. We dedicated a lot of time and energy to making that right and real. So we found basically the worst locations that we could.

  Ben Affleck

  Real, People, Energy

  Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.

  Ben Affleck

  Inspiring, Boston, Our Love

  Twitter post from Apr 15, 2013

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• I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.

  Ben Affleck

  Movie, Years, Great Year

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• Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage.

  Ben Affleck

  Funny, New Year, Gay

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• I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style.

  Ben Affleck

  Gay, Thinking, Style

  "Banderas makes directorial debut at Venice". www.theguardian.com. September 10, 1999.

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