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When he isn\u2019t making Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Super Bowl advertisements<\/a> that become a huge hit with audiences nationwide, Academy Award-winner Ben Affleck<\/a><\/strong> is best known for his roles as both an actor and director \u2014 and since he has concentrated more of his behind-camera work over the last dozen years it has given rise to the rumor that Affleck far prefers directing than acting. While appearing on the Smartless<\/em> Podcast<\/a> with fellow actors Jason Bateman<\/a><\/strong>, Will Arnett<\/a><\/strong>, and Sean Hayes<\/a><\/strong>, Affleck spoke about how he learned to appreciate acting more after he began working behind the camera.<\/p>\n

Affleck noted that he rediscovered his love for acting when he initially tried to shift full-time into directing. He explains:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI started really loving acting finally for real, when I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t want to do this anymore. I\u2019m just gonna direct movies. I\u2019m done with this. I don\u2019t care. I just like directing.\u2019 And then I was like, \u2018Well,\u00a0 I\u2019m already here.\u2019\u00a0 And then I just let go.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I remember Sydney Pollack once saying, he was a director and an actor and we did a movie called Changing Lanes<\/em> 20 some years ago. He said to me, \u2018You know why I\u2019m a good actor?\u2019 I was like, \u2018No, no, no, Sydney.\u2019 \u2018Because I don\u2019t give a sh*t.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t understand at the time, but I know what he\u2019s getting at now, which is that so much of it just has to do with letting go and being relaxed and trying things and not sweating what people are going to think.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He also credits working with people he enjoys collaborating with \u2014 like longtime friends Matt Damon<\/a><\/strong> and George Clooney<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 as helping to reignite his interest in acting. He continues,\u00a0\u201cOnce I started doing it and doing it with people I really loved\u2026 and it\u2019s true I love directing it in a different way but acting has become really fun. The Tender Bar<\/em> was really fun. Last Duel<\/em> was really fun.\u00a0It became joyful because I started developing my own criteria and stopped kind of making it about like, you know, \u2018Who likes me?’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Affleck in Deep Water When he isn\u2019t making Dunkin\u2019 Donuts Super Bowl advertisements that become a huge hit with audiences nationwide, Academy Award-winner Ben Affleck is best known for his roles as both an actor and director \u2014 and since he has concentrated more of his behind-camera work over the last dozen years it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12021],"tags":[12845,21642,7093,21641,21643,11654,4731,3751,4796],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-32302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acting","tag-acting","tag-affleck","tag-ben","tag-ben-affleck","tag-criteria","tag-developing","tag-featured","tag-loves","tag-started"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Ben Affleck Loves Acting Again: "I started developing my own criteria" - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=32302\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Ben Affleck Loves Acting Again: "I started developing my own criteria" - 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