Ben Affleck Quotes: Benjamin Geza Affleck Boldt, also known as Ben Affleck is one of the most distinguished and popular American actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors. He is best known for his role as the Batman in the DC universe films. Ben’s filmography is quite extensive and impressive as well. He kick-started his acting career quite early with the educational series ‘The Voyage of the Mimi’ and gained global recognition by bagging down Academy awards for the best screenplay and Golden Globe awards for ‘Good Will Hunting’. His list of accolades also encloses the Volpi cup. Ben Affleck is the co-owner of the production company ‘Pearl Street Films’ and co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, an advocacy-based non-profit organization. To know more about the cinematic genius of Ben Affleck, we have jotted down the best Ben Affleck quotes on life and movies that will give you a crystal clear idea of his polymath personality.
Ben Affleck Quotes
It doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up. » Ben Affleck
I’ve never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures. » Ben Affleck
No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done. » Ben Affleck
People decided that I was the frat guy, even though I’ve never been inside a fraternity, or the guy who beat them up at school, even though that wasn’t me at all. » Ben Affleck
You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There’s no excuse for not. » Ben Affleck
My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I’m 31-years-old, and I don’t want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It’s humiliating. » Ben Affleck
Memories, all those little experiences make up the fabric of our lives and on balance, I wouldn’t want to erase any of them, tempting though it may be. » Ben Affleck
I think we all like to see ourselves as good dads, but there’s also that fear, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be like my father,’ or, ‘I hope my kid doesn’t turn out like me.’ You know, I have those feelings too. So the key is optimism. » Ben Affleck
All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared. » Ben Affleck
The thing about online gambling is that it’s never away, it’s always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it’s designed to take advantage of that. » Ben Affleck
Anybody tells you that money is the root of all evil doesn’t have any. » Ben Affleck
Well I’ve never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious. » Ben Affleck
I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did. » Ben Affleck
I like to think that if I were gay I would be out. Rupert Everett-style. » Ben Affleck
The best cure for a hangover is something one straight man can’t do for another straight man. » Ben Affleck
Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage. » Ben Affleck
I’ve seen high and lows. When things go well that doesn’t make me feel like some genius. Nor will I allow the next disappointment to make me feel like a complete failure. » Ben Affleck
Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity. » Ben Affleck
If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I’d call. » Ben Affleck
I’m not the most loathsome man in the world. I’ve dropped to number nine. » Ben Affleck
I’m trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued. » Ben Affleck
A lot of my shows in the past have been more theatrical than others, but you really get the bug for it when you direct on stage. » Ben Affleck
If we try to define our own moral universe, there’s a price for that. » Ben Affleck
I’m human, just like anybody else. » Ben Affleck
No matter what you’re doing, if you’re trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better. » Ben Affleck
There’s a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy. » Ben Affleck
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. » Ben Affleck
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. » Ben Affleck
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. » Ben Affleck
People ascribe a certain kind of silliness to the movie business. Everybody feels like, “In the movies, they do crazy stuff.” » Ben Affleck
Marriage hasn’t been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out! » Ben Affleck
Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on. » Ben Affleck
I feel like fame is wasted on me. » Ben Affleck
The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you’re trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there. » Ben Affleck
I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need. » Ben Affleck
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. » Ben Affleck
There’s a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there’s a lot of compromise that goes with that. » Ben Affleck
I find forgiveness to be really healthy. » Ben Affleck
No actor forgets the times he couldn’t get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don’t want that momentum to stop when you get it » Ben Affleck
Sometimes the people we meet change us forever. » Ben Affleck
Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward. » Ben Affleck
There’s something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches. » Ben Affleck
One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine. » Ben Affleck
I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies. » Ben Affleck
Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn’t mean you can’t do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family makes whatever other thing you have that much richer. If it was just me, I’d be home alone and think, ‘Well, something good happened at work,’ but it’s much nicer to share it with people you love. » Ben Affleck
I have a good instinct for what’s real and what’s not. I don’t have to second-guess myself. » Ben Affleck
There is currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency… You can spend it in a lot of ways, or you can squander it. You can be taxed, as well. I really started thinking long and hard about how to use that currency as long as I had it. » Ben Affleck
Its not who you love. Its how. » Ben Affleck
A friend of my mom’s was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it. » Ben Affleck
I dyed my hair for photo tests… I kept it because when am I ever going to be blond again? » Ben Affleck
I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day. » Ben Affleck
I feel things more deeply… anything to do with kids. It just makes a big difference in my life… Having a child is like taking the deepest core vulnerable aspect of myself, reaching in and taking it outside of my body. » Ben Affleck