Ben Affleck says Jimmy Kimmel wrote a song about him called 'Unfucking Ben Affleck'.
“Jimmy Kimmel wrote a song about me called Unfucking Ben Affleck.”
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Ben Affleck says he has now made four movies with Jason Bateman.
“Just a long time and had the chance to do, like, now, 4 movies with the guy.”
Ben Affleck says he and Matt Damon auditioned for projects such as the Mickey Mouse Club early in their careers.
“we did a lot of auditioning very early on. For for for for the Mickey Mouse Club, for example.”
Ben Affleck says that for a time he and Matt Damon agreed to split all their earnings.
“for a while, we had this thing where we're like, we'll just split all our money”
Ben Affleck says he met Matt Damon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when Affleck was 8 and Damon was 10.
“And then Matt moved there from Newton when I was 8 and he was 10, and that's when we met”
Ben Affleck says he appeared in a Burger King commercial whose slogan was 'Sometimes you gotta break the rules'.
“Listen, I had done a Burger King commercial. Okay, the the I'm sure you remember the lo- The slogan was, Sometimes you gotta break the rules.”
Ben Affleck says he appeared as a child on the educational television show Voyage of the Mimi.
“I was on a show, Voyage of the Mimi”
Ben Affleck says Matt Damon was already performing in Wheelock Community College Theater at age 11.
“Doing Wheelock Community College Theater when he was 11 years old.”
Ben Affleck says he and Matt Damon recorded their improvised scenes on audio cassettes while developing Good Will Hunting.
“yeah, we recorded it, yeah, on on what were audio cassettes at the time?”
Ben Affleck says a drama teacher at his public high school taught writing, directing and acting together rather than as separate skills.
“we had a great, uh, teacher, drama teacher in high school, who taught us kind of sort of writing, directing, acting”
Ben Affleck says Artist Equity gives the crew a smaller payout if a film goes over budget and a larger one if it comes in under.
“listen, if it goes over, you're gonna get less, if it comes in under, you're gonna do better.”
Ben Affleck compares valuing a film by its production cost to offering a price for an iPhone based on what its assembler was paid.
“going into the Apple Store and saying, I'll tell you how much I give you for the iPhone when you tell me how much you paid the guy that put it together.”
Ben Affleck says Artist Equity wants to make few movies, leaving distribution and marketing to partners.
“we don't wanna do very many movies, but we wanna just really make good movies with people we like”
Ben Affleck says Amazon planned a traditional theatrical release for Air on about 3,500 screens.
“we're gonna do a theatrical traditional, you know, 3,500 screens out in the theaters.”
Ben Affleck says he first met Jason Bateman on the day Affleck filmed a scene for Smoking Aces.
“From the 1st time I met you on the day of smoking aces, when I walked into that scene”
Ben Affleck says he made the movie Changing Lanes with Sydney Pollack some twenty years earlier.
“We did a movie called Changing Lanes 20, some years ago.”
Ben Affleck names The Tender Bar, The Last Duel and The Way Back as acting projects he enjoyed.
“Tender Bar was really fun. Last Duel was really fun. The way back was really fun,”