Quotes by 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.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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.

— Casey Affleck

Success

The way people appear in the gossip papers, as they're depicted as celebrities, it's not often much like who they are. The more people I meet, the more that's true. Sometimes, they're worse.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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.

— Casey Affleck

Happiness

All cultures are different. Some commit genocide. Some are uniquely peaceful. Some frequent bathhouses in groups. Some don't show each other the soles of their shoes or like pictures taken of them. Some have enormous hunting festivals or annual stretches when nobody speaks. Some don't use electricity.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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

Love

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.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

Celebrity never really served me that well; it serves other people well.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

I don't really care that much about being a matinee idol.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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

— Casey Affleck

Friendship

I'm tired of playing the brat.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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.

— Casey Affleck

Courage

You sleep with people all the time that you hate.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

I do think people do pick movies that reveal something about them that they aren't always aware of. If you ask them what kind of an actor they think they are, they'll probably tell you something different than what they've actually done.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

The four movies I can remember seeing as a kid were 'The Elephant Man,' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and 'Mad Max!' Two of those are westerns. So the western genre is emblazoned on my memory from childhood, and those are two great movies.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

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

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

I like studio movies; I love big commercial movies.

— Casey Affleck

Love

I tricked myself into doing this movie.

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?

— Casey Affleck

Wisdom