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> [You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/you-re-basically-the-sum-of-all-the-experiences-you-ve-ever-had-and/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

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## More by Ben Affleck

> [School plays are fine. Theater in school is fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/school-plays-are-fine-theater-in-school-is-fine/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/what-happens-is-this-sort-of-bleed-over-from-the-tabloids-across-your/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/never-film-yourself-having-sex-you-think-you-ll-look-powerful-and/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/no-matter-how-much-you-change-you-still-got-to-pay-the-price-for-the/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/all-i-do-really-is-go-to-work-and-try-to-be-professional-be-on-time/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/on-the-night-of-the-awards-i-carried-the-oscar-around-waist-high-i/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/not-that-it-entirely-matters-there-is-a-perception-that-all-actors/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-just-feel-like-sometimes-i-m-a-force-to-be-dealt-with-my-talents/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/affleck-was-the-bomb-in-phantoms/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/sometimes-the-people-we-meet-change-us-forever/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/to-answer-the-question-though-i-didn-t-always-want-to-direct-i-just/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/but-when-i-felt-like-i-had-something-to-prove-then-i-got-up-early/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [I feel things more deeply... anything to do with kids. It just makes a big difference in my life... Having a child is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-feel-things-more-deeply-anything-to-do-with-kids-it-just-makes-a/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [I've learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I'm going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-ve-learned-to-think-i-may-succeed-or-fail-but-i-m-going-to-do-so-on/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-affleck/i-flew-back-just-in-time-to-pick-up-a-toilet-seat-for-my-girlfriend/)

[Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-affleck/)

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