Casey Affleck
Casey Affleck
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck, better known as Casey Affleck, is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He first came to attention for his performances in Gus Van Sant's films To Die For, Good Will Hunting, and Gerry. He appeared in the Ocean's Trilogy, a caper comedy film series, as Virgil Malloy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 August 1975
CityFalmouth, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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We obsess about celebrities. We create them, build myths around them, and then hunt them and destroy them. I don't know where it's taking us or what it means, but I know we do it. I have seen a lot of it myself.
I don't really care that much about being a matinee idol.
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They wanted me to do Scream 2, and I hate talking about movies I turned down, because it sounds judgmental. There's nothing wrong with horror movies. I enjoy watching them. The main reason I turn a part down is if I think I won't be good.
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The way people appear in the gossip papers, as they're depicted as celebrities, it's not often much like who they are. The more people I meet, the more that's true. Sometimes, they're worse.
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There were many incidents that influenced me over the course of my life. I mean, how does one first learn about human rights? It's constantly evolving, and if there was some big-bang-like event, I can't remember what it was.
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After high school, I drove out to L.A. with a friend of mine who had just graduated also, and I started auditioning. I got an agent, but it was all 'Saved By the Bell' auditions.
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A friend - I was living with Matt Damon at the time - went in to audition for To Die For. When he met Gus, he recommended me and my brother. Because the story was about Pam Smart and set in New England, and we knew those kinds of kids and high schools and the whole accent and style.
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I think David Letterman is a genius. Night after night he is funny and smart. He seems to really enjoy his jokes. They seem connected to who he really is. I like watching him, and there is no one better at turning an awkward moment into something very funny.
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I think that there's this prejudice, that people that have a college education are more intelligent than people that don't.
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I also learned to separate my experience on the set from how I felt about my performance in the movie. Because most of the time I just hate myself.
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My mom still eats meat. I will encourage her when it's appropriate to not eat meat. In fact, when we sit down at a table to eat, I don't hesitate to tell her how gross eating meat seems just as often as she nags me about my driving when we are in a car together.
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I just gave up on acting for a couple of years until Good Will Hunting came around, and since it was Gus, it was hard to say no.
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I haven't seen the movie yet - maybe I'm terrible, so I shouldn't really speak to it.
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I had a public school education - 3,000 kids when I was there. And there were a lot of teachers who would just sit there. You'd come in and sign your name and the teacher would just sit there at the head of the class and you would literally just have to stay in your seat for 40 minutes and that was the only thing you'd have to do in class.