I read the book and I think, "Well, this is the movie we're going to make," and then someone else reads it, and they take a completely different movie from it. And both are valid.
Casey AffleckIn New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.
Casey AffleckAfter I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.
Casey AffleckWhen you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor, you go and do your thing, and someone else down the line then does all the math and goes, "We can't include that thing where he's pretending to be dumb and needling those people, because it takes a minute and a half, and it ruins the next scene. It doesn't make sense." If you're directing, you're the one doing that.
Casey Affleck