American - Actor | August 12, 1975 -
Does celebrity interest anyone? It's definitely not appealing to me. I think anyone who's had any real exposure to it would probably regret ever having even entertained the idea.
Casey Affleck
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What is acceptable in our culture, I think, is really detrimental. I think we ought to have a little more ownership over the kind of material and the content that we put in front of people, especially young people.
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Celebrity never really served me that well; it serves other people well.
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The idea of someone not liking me or not liking my movie was always easier to deal with than someone really liking it. I don't know why.
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I have no desire to be famous at all.
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If you have kids, you feel everything stronger. It's like someone turning the lights on in your inner room.
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I've done so many movies that are bad, with material that's so shallow, that you instantly scratch the surface, and there's nothing underneath.
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I feel like whenever I do a movie, people think, 'Well, that's good, but that's probably the best he'll do.' I sort of bang and bang and kick in a door, and people say, 'Now a million doors will open for you.' And they don't.
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A lot of the times, I end up having to do jobs to sort of pay the bills.
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When other people say, 'Oh you're so-and-so's friend, brother, or husband,' it's reductive to the point of being white noise.
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I've run into people who say, 'I know what you're like: You're a Boston guy.' That's so weird. This person who doesn't know anything about me thinks they know a lot because of the city I grew up in, which, to me, is a meaningless label. There are all kinds of people from Boston.
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I'm tired of answering questions about myself.
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