Wanted Quotes by Ben Affleck

9 Wanted quotes by Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck’s nine brief musings on Wanted offer a window into the actor‑director’s balancing act between public expectation and private drive.

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After 2000 or so, I started to realize I wanted to be doing something else. I didn't want to be in front…

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My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for…

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I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. A friend of my mom's was…

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

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A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting…

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I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he…

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We wanted to show people what it was like in one of those neighbourhoods that they would never have access to, in…

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

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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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