Ben Affleck Quotes
I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. 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.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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I don't think a woman riding a motorcycle thinks of herself as doing something that has sex appeal. I think she's trying to replicate for herself an experience that she sees men having.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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It's great to play someone who's so unafraid of being who she is.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I'm re-teaming with the producers of 'Twilight,' whom I love and who I have an amazing relationship with.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.
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The idea of suicide is of a very set narrative, as if killing yourself is a definitive statement. But it can be just as meaningless as throwing a stone in a river.
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I think [ unpopular presidential candidates ] indicates, at least on the Democratic side, that we've got more work to do to strengthen our grassroots networks.
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You learn you have to accept the way things are, and the sooner you accept them, the sooner you become at peace with them, and then the things start to get better.
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I really like when different stories are represented, it's not just the same kind of person, and when there's humor in it, and there's relationships.
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At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.
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I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. 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.
