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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crybaby cry. ugly words/ugly face. why he’s so ignorant? poor j.lo …
is he ******* serious!?
Im with #7, and matt damon is better
Matt damon sucks!
Ben, is a cutie! All ben needs is some good scripts!
I do believe in that the Magazines make up lies to sell their sh*t! Just look what they did to poor Britney? If you people believe half of that sh*t then you are stone crazy!
Matt Damon sucks!
J-Ho probably did kill his career! L00k at hers..NOW :)
@MizLiz
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
This is the first variant. And it is the second variant that he simply gets no more better film scripts. Not every actor can choose his roles.
I don’t think he’s saying JLo ruined his career (did he even mention her name? no). He’s saying the attention that the relationship got impacted his career. I doubt in any way he’s blaming JLo because many times he’s blamed himself for the media fiasco Bennifer became. Obviously, he’s learned and moved on.
We’re not reading the whole article…I’m sure he talks about Jen and Violet. BUT, no one would comment on that. They reveal what will get people talking…him talking about his past does for some reason.
Affleck is a punk a$$. Are you kidding me?! He’s blaming JLo, 4years after the fact, for his s$%$$y movie choices? Come on, boy. Man up and take responsibility.
WTF? No you idiot. YOU chose the movies you acted in. You were the one who stood in front of the camera and showed what a no talent you are. And You were one half of a couple that decided to make that music video where you rubbed up JLO’s azz and made Gigli.
Damn, he doesn’t know how to take responsiblity for any of his past mistakes. I’m not even a JLO fan but this guy is unbearable.
he swears too much. *****.
I forgot to say, the media attention he got from that relationship doesn’t excuse him from making horrible career decisions. Or personal ones for that matter.
Jlo bad for his career - well Ben who forced you to appear in her video with you hands up her butt, who made you change your simple boy look for a sleek look, who made you parade all those lavish gifts you gave each other, who made you appear on Barbara Walters with Jlo talking about your love….yeah no one but yourself.
Seems he got with Garner in order to fix his image and reinvent himself as the good husband and father. Garner gives him looks of love and he barely shows any love towards her. Wonder what will happen if this movies does well and his head swells up even more
What a big loser that should have never came out of his mouth. Take responsiblity for your own sorry self. Maybe that bore of a wife killed his career along with the fact he is a bad actor.
No, Ben, making lousy movies was what hurt your career.
he pursued JLO while she was still married to that bald guy.
I remember that he ran up to her on a red carpet event and handed her flowers while her then husband was standing right there.
He also took out a whole page ad to declare his feelings for Lopez when she had just married the baldy. So much for blaming the media.
He seems happier now. He has a lovely family. Good for him.
He did a stinky movie with Garner jlo is not responsible for that, he is flat boring actor. I think if he had a good role it still would not work.
LOOSER!!!!!!!!!
HE IS SUCH A SISSY, THUS WHY GARNER WILL DUMP HIS BEHIND SOON.
yeah what about fatherhood and marriage
what a loooser
hes practically a crybaby
jlo left him and hes not over her
I think it’s unfair to extrapolate the headline you’ve given this post based on the content of the article. Ben never blames Jennifer solely, he blames the relationship — And last time I checked he was a part of that.
I know it might be nitpicky, but really what this should say is “Ben Affleck: The Relationship I Chose to be in with Jennifer Lopez Killed My Career.”
As it is it insinuates something that isn’t in the pages. Just sayin.
I am no fan of JLO but i think he shoud just shut up about his relationship with her. good/bad. She never talks about him, enough already. Accept your mistakes Ben and face the facts, you were never a great actor to begin with. Good luck with your new movie though.
Is he serious?? I don’t mind Jennifer Lopez while I’m watching one of his movies. I don’t like the way he move his face XD very static XD Maybe he’s a good guy, but I can’t stand him in a movie… >_
What an a** hole. What killed his career was the media coverage of his alcohol and sex addition for which he had to go to rehab in order to even survive in Hollywood. This jerk has no class.
No ben dear. YOU killed your career take responsibility for yourself!
Since Gigli jennfier has has 2 box office hits. Monster in law-grossed 153 million and shall we dance -which grossed 170 million in total. Why? because she is a TRUE A LISTER- with star power! You simply are not.
This is the jerk who was known for his penchant of having public sex at the back of the room in strip bars with strippers. JLo killed his career - funny. His bad acting and nasty behavior killed his career and Jen Garner and Violet saved it. Can we all say a** hole in unison?
I wouldn’t write your titles in first person if I were you. People might mistake them for real quotes (as it seems people are here) and you might get in trouble with libel.
The JLo thing did kill his career. We all know it.
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