Affleck Was The Bomb In Phantoms.

My Mother Taught Public School, Went To Harvard And Then Got Her Master's There And Taught Fifth And Sixth Grade In A Public School. My Dad Had A More Working-class Lifestyle. He Didn't Go To College. He Was An Auto Mechanic And A Bartender And A Janitor At Harvard.

[directing First Film:] I Was Terrified, It Was Really Very Scary Because There Is A Lot Of Responsibility. I Think I Was Terrified Because I Wanted It To Work So Much. A Lot Of Actors Direct Movies But I Thought The Stakes Were Kind Of Higher For Me Because I Really, Really Cared. [...] I Just Worked As Hard As I Possibly Could On Every Single Thing, Every Single Day. I Said That If This Failed It Would Not Be Because I Didn't Work As Hard As I Possibly Could...every Day.

When You Hire Great Actors, You're Lucky, So You Just Try To Create An Atmosphere Where They Can Succeed And Relax And Take Risks. You're Happy That You Get To Watch Them At The Monitor And That Your Name Is On The Director's Chair.

There Is Nothing Worse That A Thirteen-year-old Boy. You're Embarrassed By Your Parents, And You're Trying To Find Your Independance Because, Deep Inside, You Are So Dependent On Your Mom.

There's Something Really Great And Romantic About Being Poor And Sleeping On Couches.