Casey Affleck Quotes

(on the responses to his being vegan) My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark. My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don`t put me in danger. For a while, every meal was the third degree, but when she couldn`t refute any of the thousands of good reasons--my health, simple compassion, the health of the planet, etc., etc.--for being a vegan, she conceded and now is very conscious of what food she makes when I am around--and, I believe, when I am not around. She is lovely. My father never blinked. He is for the most part unflappable. In a good way. Live and let live--unless you are being an asshole. He will privately mock, ridicule, judge, etc. But, hey, who`s gonna cast the first stone? For people who have been through it, made changes, had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me. No, I`m only kidding. It only scares me--I mean, the small-minded. I think if I gave my dad a five-minute rundown on the advantages of veganism, I could convert him without too much trouble. I`ll do it next time I see him. Maybe. I`m not much into the converting business, though.

I don`t think journalists have much impression of me. I haven`t really done all that many interviews, partly by choice, and partly because no one`s been all that interested.

(on his working relationship with brother Ben Affleck) It was easy mostly because we kind of just spoke the same language and were very comfortable saying to each other, "I think that`s a terrible idea . . . " or "That`s a great idea but what if . . . ?" We could sort of build on each other`s excitement. We had a kind of shorthand.

(About breaking his arm) The doctor operated for six hours and saved my arm. I mean, I can`t speak for my arm. It might have rather been set free.

I believe veganism can be beneficial for the individual and the world, and of course the animal, but belief is like laying in the dark with someone and telling them you love them and hearing nothing back. So I`ve never had the confidence to get on a soapbox and tell someone else what to do.

Why can`t people just say they were moved? Why do they have to say it`s sappy?

It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up.

People should try eating no animal products for just ONE DAY a week.

I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days.

I get offered a lot of the same type of thing... The teenage slasher movies.

After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don`t put me in danger.

In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.

I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I`m so nervous and obsessed. I`m just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I`m really tense.

I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat`s deck and beaten to death.

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.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I`ll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I`m good.

When a performance isn`t working, it`s usually because the actor is trying to do something and they`re not able to express their idea very well. It`s a muddled expression.

You sleep with people all the time that you hate.

The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn`t let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

If I can`t see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

I tricked myself into doing this movie.

I believe veganism can be beneficial for the individual and the world, and of course the animal, but belief is like laying in the dark with someone and telling them you love them and hearing nothing back. So I`ve never had the confidence to get on a soapbox and tell someone else what to do

I`m tired of playing the brat.

The first movie was mostly about George and Julia. This one is mostly about me and Catherine and our love story and our whole history. So it`s a very different movie.

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.

I didn`t have to audition. That`s common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

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.

I moved out to LA, got an agent, started auditioning. I didn`t know anything about how it worked. And since I was really bad, luckily, I didn`t get any of those parts.

People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn`t recognize them from whatever success they`ve had.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

I love it: The push and pull, the constant renegotiating of morals, ethics, what to do, how to live... All of us stuck here together trying to sort it all out. It`s fun. It can be, anyway.