Casey Affleck quotes

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. (Casey Affleck)
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. View quote
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I have a very bad relationship with mice. View quote
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I'm tired of playing the brat. View quote
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You sleep with people all the time that you hate. View quote
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In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. (Casey Affleck)
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. View quote
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People should try eating no animal products for just ONE DAY a week. View quote
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I get offered a lot of the same type of thing... The teenage slasher movies. View quote
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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. View quote
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Why can't people just say they were moved? Why do they have to say it's sappy? View quote
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If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny? View quote
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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. View quote
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I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Casey Affleck)
I'm tired of answering questions about myself. View quote
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I was really short in high school. I was stuck on the bench in the baseball team, so I just thought I'd try out theater, and that was the last time I did sports. View quote
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What is acceptable in our culture, I think, is really detrimental. I think we ought to have a little more ownership over the kind of material and the content that we put in front of people, especially young people. View quote
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When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys. View quote
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