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> [When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor, you go and do your thing, and someone else down the line then does all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/when-you-re-the-guy-behind-the-camera-you-re-aware-of-the-reasons-for/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

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## More by Casey Affleck

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/talking-to-other-people-about-a-part-is-not-helpful-for-me-it-s-such/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/most-calves-used-by-the-dairy-industry-have-their-horns-burned-or/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/when-people-ask-me-why-i-don-t-eat-meat-or-any-other-animal-products/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [Sometimes being an actor is kind of demanding in very different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/sometimes-being-an-actor-is-kind-of-demanding-in-very-different-ways/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/after-i-left-la-it-was-like-waking-up-and-so-i-moved-back-east-and/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [My aim was not to fool. My aim was to provoke thought and stir emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/my-aim-was-not-to-fool-my-aim-was-to-provoke-thought-and-stir-emotion/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [I don't really care that much about being a matinee idol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/i-don-t-really-care-that-much-about-being-a-matinee-idol/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [I get very sentimental, I get very nostalgic, and when I live in a place, I instantly put down way too many roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/i-get-very-sentimental-i-get-very-nostalgic-and-when-i-live-in-a/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [Truth is, there's never really been anything so horrible said about me that I haven't either thought of or said to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/truth-is-there-s-never-really-been-anything-so-horrible-said-about-me/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/some-people-go-to-their-job-that-s-the-job-they-have-they-have-to-do/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/chickens-cows-and-pigs-in-factory-farms-spend-their-whole-lives-in/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/all-cultures-are-different-some-commit-genocide-some-are-uniquely/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [If you show up in L.A. with your shirt inside out or socks mismatched, people start putting change in your cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/if-you-show-up-in-l-a-with-your-shirt-inside-out-or-socks-mismatched/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/i-knew-it-would-be-hard-work-but-that-s-the-reason-you-re-an-actor-if/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/i-feel-like-whenever-i-do-a-movie-people-think-well-that-s-good-but/)

[Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/)

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