Film Quotes by Ben Affleck

Everyone has a different approach, but I like to shoot a lot of film anyway.

— Ben Affleck

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when…

— Ben Affleck

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or…

— Ben Affleck

At a certain point, some things in your life shouldn't be used to sell movies. Hey, I have two sphincters! See my…

— Ben Affleck

My movies are unadorned, they're not particularly fancy, I think they're kind of workmanlike in some ways, focusing on the writing and…

— Ben Affleck

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

I didn't do anything for two years but work on 'Gone Baby Gone,' and it was miserable and hard, but at the…

— Ben Affleck

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the…

— Ben Affleck

To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was…

— Ben Affleck

It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like…

— Ben Affleck

Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But…

— Ben Affleck

Directing is monumentally complicated and it's a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great…

— Ben Affleck

I really feel that's part of why audiences go to movies now is to take you to a world you have no…

— Ben Affleck

Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The…

— Ben Affleck

[Directing first film:] I was terrified, it was really very scary because there is a lot of responsibility. I think I was…

— Ben Affleck

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

— Ben Affleck

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

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

— Ben Affleck

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

Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is…

— Ben Affleck

I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say…

— Ben Affleck