Ideas Quotes by Ben Affleck

9 Ideas quotes by Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck’s nine thoughts on ideas reveal a candid, introspective side, offering a quick look at his personal creative philosophy.

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

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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…

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I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good…

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Clearly, there's a real onus on you to do something correctly when everybody, at least in the United States, had a really…

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Online gambling is very seductive and very illusory. It can seem like a really good idea. It can seem like what people…

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

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One of the differences between now and then is that the idea of body image is a much bigger issue now. Back…

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I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and…

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

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School plays are fine. Theater in school is fine.

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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…

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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.

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No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.

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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.

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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?'…

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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…

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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…

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Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.

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Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.

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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…

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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…

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I feel things more deeply... anything to do with kids. It just makes a big difference in my life... Having a child is like…

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I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

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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…

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