Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt, better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career as a child actor, starring in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi. He later appeared in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confusedand various Kevin Smith films including Chasing Amyand Dogma. Affleck gained fame when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting. He then starred in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 August 1972
CityBerkeley, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.
You don't know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you're going to get some good fried chicken.
I get to the point where I feel relaxed, and then I just shoot a ton of material and make a lot of different choices.
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt -- and fueled even more than Hollywood by money -- if that's possible.
If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.
I'm trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.
I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.
would make a superb public candidate for public office in the future.
It takes time to develop a sense of humor, shared world views.
He used to be, actually a very successful actor. ... One of the things that's encouraging about that is it represents citizen politicians, people that aren't career politicians.
Jackson said, laughing. ''You're both up against a deadline.
I think it's great that you folks down here at WSAV are putting together this kind of telethon. It's representative of what I've seen people doing all over the Low Country around here.
(I) try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.