You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not. — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, "In the movies, they do crazy stuff." — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Just because a lot of people know something nominal doesn't make it important. A lot of people know what a pencil sharpener… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it.… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives.… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible.… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
People decided that I was the frat guy, even though I've never been inside a fraternity, or the guy who beat them… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't mean you can't do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
We wanted to show people what it was like in one of those neighbourhoods that they would never have access to, in… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Clearly, there's a real onus on you to do something correctly when everybody, at least in the United States, had a really… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
My kids aren't celebrities. They never made that bargain. We were offered a lot of money to sell pictures of our kids… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I think I'd rather tell the truth and say what I believe in and make people unhappy than sort of pretend to… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I don't want to jump off the roof or jump for joy depending on my movie reviews, or whether it makes money.… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I don't think the government should be involved in any way in people's bedrooms or lives. With so much hatred and unpleasantness… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
How about the more than 1 billion Muslim people in the U.S, who aren't fanatical, who don't punch women, who just want… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I like the incongruity of how in Iran, these people we think of as being revolutionaries or fanatics or whatever are just… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
Never film yourself having sex. You think you'll look powerful and vital, but you don't. You look like a sick, shivering polar bear. — Ben Affleck Copy Share
No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done. — Ben Affleck Copy Share
All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared. — Ben Affleck Copy Share
On the night of the awards, I carried the Oscar around waist-high. I never had so many women ask me 'Can I touch it?'… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
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… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn't… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
I feel things more deeply... anything to do with kids. It just makes a big difference in my life... Having a child is like… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts. — Ben Affleck Copy Share
I flew back just in time to pick up a toilet seat for my girlfriend. It didn't go over that well. I thought, 'It's… — Ben Affleck Copy Share
