After 2000 or so, I started to realize I wanted to be doing something else. I didn't want to be in front of a camera. I was frustrated. I didn't think I would stop acting, but I didn't want to be seen.
Ben AffleckPeople ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, "In the movies, they do crazy stuff."
Ben AffleckI have a good instinct for what's real and what's not. I don't have to second-guess myself.
Ben AffleckThe value of work, and of always learning something new, and what it takes to achieve excellence. I really believe in those things that you have to dedicate yourself and spend time, that excellence is elusive. It's a little maddening, to try to have that level of discipline in your life, and I don't succeed all the time. But I do try.
Ben Affleck