150 Quotes by Casey Affleck

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

Sometimes in the middle of a presidential campaign, there’s a political movie, and people are sick of hearing about politics, and they don’t want to see that movie. They’d rather see “Godzilla.”

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.

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.

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.

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

Great books don’t make great movies. There’s too much information in there.

Why can’t people just say they were moved? Why do they have to say it’s sappy?

A movie’s very different from the book, and it’s different from the script, and it’s usually one person’s vision.