Stars Quotes

"When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. 

Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, 

I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time."

Ben Affleck and his childhood friend Matt Damon wrote and starred in the 1998 film Good Will Hunting. The resulting Oscar for best original screenplay catapulted both to stardom. Ben Affleck had first appeared in independent films such as Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993) and the Kevin Smith movies Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997). He then became a leading man, playing heroes in big budget action movies such as Armageddon (1998, with Bruce Willis), Pearl Harbor (2001, with Josh Hartnett) and Daredevil (2003, with his future wife Jennifer Garner). While building a career as a Hollywood star, Affleck maintained his connection to Smith and has appeared in several of his comedies, including Dogma (1999), Jersey Girl (2004) and Clerks II (2006). He is married to actress Jennifer Garner and they have three children: Violet (b. 2005),  Seraphina (b. 2009) and son Samuel (b. 2012). Ben Affleck's other movies include Paycheck (2003, based on a story by Philip K. Dick), Hollywoodland (2006, he played actor George Reeves), State of Play (2009, starring Russell Crowe) and The Company Men (2010, starring Tommy Lee Jones). 

Ben Affleck also starred in The Sum of All Fears, becoming the third star to play Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan; the CIA superstud was played by Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin in previous films... Ben Affleck became engaged to singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in 2002. The couple were dubbed "Bennifer" by tabloids, but broke up in January 2004... Ben Affleck previously was known for his extended sometimes-romantic friendship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow... His brother Casey Affleck is also an actor and the star of the Ben-directed film Gone Baby Gone (2007)... In August of 2001, Ben Affleck announced he had checked himself into a Malibu alcohol rehabilitation clinic, where he joined comedian Paula Poundstone and actor Robert Downey, Jr.

  "Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? 

You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? 

You can really get chicks by being the President."

 "You have to look also to the media, 

where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world."

 "You know George M. Steinbrenner III is the center of all evil in the universe."

 "There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, 

and you're trying to find your independance because, 

deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom."

 "Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. 

I lead quite a pleasant life 

and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life."

"Nobody I represent is pretending to be the pope or a role model for young people. 

People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want."

 "Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!"

 "If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call."

 "I've finally learnt how to say, "No comment". 

To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. 

You had better learn quick or you get burnt."

"I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical.

 It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman 

and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship."

 "I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine,

 insignificant aspect of their life."

 "I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,'

 and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity."

 "I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. 

His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted.

 As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. 

But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies."

 "I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style."

  "I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell."

 "I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. 

My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me."

 "I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up,

 in their underwear, talking about how they don't want to be a sex symbol."

 "I feel like fame is wasted on me."

 "God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. 

If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

 "Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for.

 I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are."

 "All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared."