OlderBen Affleck: Jennifer Lopez Killed My Career
Boston boy Ben Affleck is the November 2007 cover boy for Details Magazine. He pimps the crime thriller Gone Baby Gone adapted and directed by himself. Here are some highlights from the interview:
On dating Jennifer Lopez: “It was probably bad for my career. What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn’t work…”
On Gone Baby Gone: “I feel like (Gone Baby Gone) is the linchpin for my life. My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want [the film] to work. Badly. I mean, a shitty movie comes out on 2,800 screens? I’ve been there and it’s embarrassing.”
On why he likes directing: “That’s why there’s something really great about directing-about having authorship over something. If you don’t like this movie, I’m the guy to see. I’m the guy to criticize. I take some measure of comfort in that. It’s fair, at least.”
On his directorial debut: “Listen, I’ve gone out and directed a movie and made it really f—king good. If the movie’s good, people will like it and go see it. All the rest of it is bullshit.”
On what’s at stake with his new film: “It’s pretty simple. If people don’t go see it – I’m f—ked.”
On his decision to direct: “I guess I just thought, I’ve seen it done enough. I’ve been on the sets enough. I’m a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. I guess I just thought the sum of these parts would come together and I’d be able to do it.”
On living in L.A.: “I’d be surprised if I’m still living here in a couple of years. Professionally it would be difficult. But that’s not as important as that other thing.”
Gone Baby Gone is out in theaters nationwide on October 26. Read Ben’s full interview with Details Magazine here.
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sorry why he didn`t talk about his now wife instead of his exe fiance?
z listerrrrrrrrrr now he’s married to a rebound.z-lister.
he’s over as a b lister,lucky if i watch him on dvd,,
matt damon is better
Jennifer didn’t kill his career, he did, if I recall correctly Monster-in-law was #1 at the box office. Her career was fine. Ben is just a loser.
worst actor ever! you should have never had a career to begin with.
what a loser!!
eww i dont like him
i want zac efron!
J Lo didn’t kill his career. His terrible acting is what killed his career.
1. Not such a good actor (a lot of people compair him w/ buddy Matt Damon.
2. J-Lo did kinda kill his career. It was going pretty strong for a while where he had good movies! Good for him for noticing this!
i’ve been saying that for years.
puff made her [jho] - she made him [ben] - then she [jho] killed him [ben]. lol
Certainly he forgot that he is married to Jennifer The Ugly whom he can’t talk about; because she is such a bore.
Leave J-Lo alone, Ben. This is the reason she left you and let you go. Because you don’t deserve her.
Don’t look back in anger Ben.
Nobody force you to hook up with Jlo, in fact you willingly appeared in her awful video (which I can’t remember the name of) mocking the paps and then gave that awful interview with Jlo pretending to cook for you and topped it with the hilarious acting in Gigli. You were so full of yourself then and I suspect you probably still are. Shame cos no one really cares anymore.
Gigli killed his career not J-Lo and no bland woman will revive it.
the title of the article is irresponsible media - - he did not say, “Jennifer Lopez killed my career”.
there are a lot of articles in the pop media that reword erroneously what waa said by movie stars or what was on actual interview just to encite people’s interest . . . this is an example of it.
Read the whole article first, then compare it to what is publish on pop culture sites like justjared and other places.
ugh, every time he opens his mouth i like him less and less.
It’s nice to see he has a comeback, hate all you want but Gone, Baby Gone is acclaimed!
And Jennifer Lopez sucks!
I suppose it’s easy to blame his relationship with Jennifer Lopez for killing his career, but I don’t think there was much to kill. When I think of great actors, Ben Affleck doesn’t really come to mind.
Wonder if he has told his wife he will probably not be living in LA two years from now — then why are you living there now?? Why Wait??
When the actors talk to these magazines, their words are often twisted.
Jennifer did not make Ben Affleck! He actually turned her reputation around from being with Gangster Gun-Toting P. Diddy.
I like Jennifer Lopez but Ben Affleck’s career took a sidestep when he began dating her. She loves a glamourous lifestyle and the media following her whereas Ben Affleck, as evidenced from his marriage to Jennifer Garner, is a much more private person.
My personal opinion is that Ben Affleck will eventually get more involved in politics.
I’m sorry but he is f-cked. I am not going to see this money because of that comment alone. The media lied and inflated the relationship. Y’ok.
I’ve always liked Ben Affleck. “Pearl Harbor” and “Armageddon” are two of my favorite movies. He was great in “Boiler Room” and “Hollywoodland” was amazing. But “Gigli”? omigod. and “Reindeer Games”? ditto.
He can act, but geeze, someone needs to pre-screen his scripts. He’s made some really bad choices over the years, but I think his luck is changing. Everything I’ve read says “Gone Baby Gone” is a major hit. I’ll actually BUY that DVD instead of copying from Netflix….LOL
I like Ben Affleck , he’s a simple guy !
He’s UGLYYYYYY!!!!!!
No Azzwipe, you ruined your career because you CANT act.
puff made her [jho] - she made him [ben] - then she [jho] killed him [ben]. lol
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At the same time, JLO also has killed her own career. However, this was surely an unintentional side-effect…
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