Ben Affleck Quotes About Film

• It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor.

  Ben Affleck

  Running, Childhood, Midnight

• Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.

  Ben Affleck

  Character, Mean, Ideas

  "Talking with the guy who gets Jersey Girl". Interview with Steve Head, ca.ign.com. March 24, 2004.

• I've consciously taken on material that's a bit too much for me but not an overreach. The first movie, just about performances. 'The Town,' I learned how to work broader material, develop tension, direct bigger scenes, action sequences. 'Argo,' I experimented with film stock, widened the scope of my geography.

  Ben Affleck

  Taken, Too Much, Firsts

  "'Argo' director/star Ben Affleck grows smarter and more ambitious with each picture". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.chicagotribune.com. October 10, 2012.

• Everyone has a different approach, but I like to shoot a lot of film anyway.

  Ben Affleck

  Different, Film, Approach

  "OSCARS Q&A: Ben Affleck". Interview with Christy Grosz, www.yahoo.com. December 19, 2012.

• 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 short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.

  Ben Affleck

  Ideas, Would Be, Answers

  ""Argo" director/star Ben Affleck grows smarter and more ambitious with each picture". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.chicagotribune.com. October 10, 2012.

• [Directing first film:] I was terrified, it was really very scary because there is a lot of responsibility. I think I was terrified because I wanted it to work so much. A lot of actors direct movies but I thought the stakes were kind of higher for me because I really, really cared. [...] I just worked as hard as I possibly could on every single thing, every single day. I said that if this failed it would not be because I didn't work as hard as I possibly could...every day.

  Ben Affleck

  Responsibility, Thinking, Scary

  "Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck interview" by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I never know what my next move will be in Hollywood. It's such an unpredictable town. People get jaded and lost and I've been able to stay a float. I think the next logical step in my career would be to start my own filmmaking empire like (Harvey Weinstein) and (Bob Weinstein) did so many years ago. I think if only the unions weren't so strict in Boston, I'd set up shop there and make films of a certain quality you don't see represented these days. I'm full of ideas and dreams.

  Ben Affleck

  Dream, Moving, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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