Casey Affleck
Casey Affleck
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck, better known as Casey Affleck, is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He first came to attention for his performances in Gus Van Sant's films To Die For, Good Will Hunting, and Gerry. He appeared in the Ocean's Trilogy, a caper comedy film series, as Virgil Malloy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 August 1975
CityFalmouth, MA
CountryUnited States of America
A movie's very different from the book, and it's different from the script, and it's usually one person's vision.
Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads.
You sleep with people all the time that you hate.
After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.
When 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.
In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.
For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me
My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.
I don't want to be known as someone who is deliberately trying to do things that are not commercial! That is not a good reputation to have when you're trying to be a working actor.
I make out with Christina Ricci... many times. But no real love scenes. I'm dying to.
I love animals, but I love people, and I love people who have all kinds of beliefs.
I have had many, many cats. We seem to connect well. I had a snake when I was a boy. It was given to me on my birthday.
I have had a turtle, a guinea pig, a dog, girlfriends, and many sweet, playful, sleepy, loving, delicious cats. I love the way cats look at me.
I also learned to separate my experience on the set from how I felt about my performance in the movie. Because most of the time I just hate myself.