Ben: (revealing the movie “Smokin' Aces” made him quit smoking) The whole week that I shot, I smoked, like, five packs a day. By the time the movie was over, I was so sick of smoking, I just didn't want to do it anymore, and I quit.
Ben: On the night of the awards, I carried the Oscar around waist-high. I never had so many women ask me 'Can I touch it?' in my life. Sadly, they were talking about the statuette.
Ben: Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.
Ben: At a certain point, some things in your life shouldn't be used to sell movies. Hey, I have two sphincters! See my Movie!
Ben: If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.
Ben: Robin [Williams] embraces it. He doesn't wax the back or anything; he's got a back fro.
Ben: Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious.
Ben: I'm not entirely dim - I knew Gigli was dog sh*t.
Ben: Matt and I have set a date. Matt and I will tie the knot New Years Day in the town of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Reserve your hotel rooms now. I will be having a gay marriage.
Ben (on joining a campaign to boost minimum wage): Perhaps the Senator saw my movie Gigli last fall and figured that I was soon to be working for minimum wage myself.
Ben (talking about Republican tax cut and The conservative commentator/gambler Bennett): Even if I save a million bucks, the deficit grows like William Bennett's credit line on a one-armed-bandit bender at Bally's.
Ben: Kevin is my homosexual crush. If I were gay, the first guy I would sleep with is Kevin Smith. The second one would be Leo DiCaprio--but only for the long hair he had in The Man in the Iron Mask.
Ben Affleck: There are many dictators who are all ugly. It is not necessarily our job, because we are neither able to nor are we equipped to invade all of those countries, overthrow all of those dictators, sacrifice all of the lives of our friends, parents and children. So then we have to decide selectively how we exercise the power of our military.
Ben: Matt's so metro. He wears perfume a lot of the time. He won't go out without three different moisturisers that he has to put on.
Ben: I'm not known for having great relationships with ex-girlfriends, but I've been able to continue one with Gwyneth that's really valuable.
Ben: I kinda see my current position like this. Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before Chuck Woolery rings the bell.
Ben: I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don't want to be a sex symbol.
Ben (During the 2004 Presidential Elections): People in my generation have a low voter turnout. One of the reasons that I'm here is to demonstrate that no matter who you are going to vote for- I think it's important to get involved and get out and vote- I'm going to tell people to vote for Gore.
Ben is a big Daredevil fan.
Ben has Scotish and English ancestry on his father's side of the family and Irish ancestry on his mother's side of the family.
Ben joined the long list of celebrities lampooned by South Park. It happened in South Park episode 101 entitled "Fat Butt and Pancake Head."
Ben and his friend Matt Damon sold their Academy Award winning script Good Will Hunting for $600,000.
Ben's teeth are capped.
Ben was accidently knocked unconscious by football player Dana Stubblefield during the filming of Reindeer Games. Stubblefield slipped, and Affleck was knocked down. He was taken to the hospital, but fully recovered.
Ben was fined $135 for driving in Massachusetts with a suspended license.
In 2001, Ben booked himself into the Promises Rehab Center in Malibu, due to his battle with alcoholism.
Ben's father once served as a janitor for M.I.T. This was also the job of the lead character in Good Will Hunting.
Ben brought his mom as his date when he won his Academy Award for Good Will Hunting.
In 2006, Ben will begin directing his first feature, Gone, Baby, Gone, which is based on the Dennis Lehane novel about two Boston area detectives investigating the kidnapping of a little girl.
Ben had a brief but high-profile romance with actress Gwyneth Paltrow following her breakup with Brad Pitt.
Anticipating the stress of having a child, Ben has already planned a romantic get-away for him and wife Jennifer Garner come April 2006, sans baby.
Ben loves his Bentleys (cost: $167,000). He drives at least three different ones!
Ben hoped to snag the role of James Bond in the next Bond movie, but he lost out.
Ben has signed a $1.8 million deal to be the face of popular British deodorant Lynx (August 2005). Lynx is the European name of the American brand, Axe body spray.
Ben is 6'2".
Ben is a huge fan of his hometown team, the Boston Red Sox. Like most Sox fans, he can't stand the New York Yankees.
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