Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Is it really every 10 years that you get to work on a great movie? That can't be. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
A movie's very different from the book, and it's different from the script, and it's usually one person's vision. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
The idea of someone not liking me or not liking my movie was always easier to deal with than someone really liking… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I wish I had more control over my career, but making movies is something you do with lots of people. — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Sometimes I pick parts because I think, 'OK, it scares me,' and that's an indication it's going to be a good movie… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I've seen 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' about 25 times each, so I like all kinds of movies, but I'm… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the middle of a presidential campaign, there's a political movie, and people are sick of hearing about politics, and they… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read something, and there's a part of you that remains in an analytical actor place. Am I going to do… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I read the book and I think, "Well, this is the movie we're going to make," and then someone else reads it,… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I feel like I've been picky through the years and would do one movie a year or one movie every two years,… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
If you look at the paths of other actors, most people have a curve where you hit it and there's a time… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Movies are collaborative, and that's part of what makes it a great experience. They're different from a lot of other art forms,… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I feel like whenever I do a movie, people think, 'Well, that's good, but that's probably the best he'll do.' I sort… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like every movie I make could be the last. I know that's not really the case, but if I… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
Talking to other people about a part is not helpful for me. It's such an internal and complicated and still kind of mysterious process. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the… — Casey Affleck Copy Share
After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
I get very sentimental, I get very nostalgic, and when I live in a place, I instantly put down way too many roots. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
Truth is, there's never really been anything so horrible said about me that I haven't either thought of or said to myself. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
Some people go to their job. That's the job they have; they have to do it. They hate their boss and their coworkers, this… — Casey Affleck Copy Share
Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in groups. Some don't show each other the soles of… — Casey Affleck Copy Share
If you show up in L.A. with your shirt inside out or socks mismatched, people start putting change in your cup. — Casey Affleck Copy Share
I knew it would be hard work, but that's the reason you're an actor. If you're a bricklayer, you don't want to just show… — Casey Affleck Copy Share
I feel like whenever I do a movie, people think, 'Well, that's good, but that's probably the best he'll do.' I sort of bang… — Casey Affleck Copy Share
