Ben Affleck Quotes

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.

If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work.

If the film is a hit, people talk about the hard work, but if it fails, they may not notice, but I give my best for all films.

For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.

You have to have an emotional investment in what you're doing. If you don't love what you're doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.

We have seen some of the greatest athletes fall because they have tried to take shortcuts. I'm not going to call any names but we talk about guys that was like at the top of their game that people just idolized. They looked in awe and all of a sudden you see them just come tumbling down because they want to take shortcuts. I think it's more rewarding when you do it the old fashioned way.

I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

Work hard and never make excuses.

When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.

One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.

There were times I didn't think we would ever make it, even when we were cranking two out a year.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.

You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard enough to make a movie. If it works, that's great. If it means something beyond the moment to somebody, they can take it and it lasts through the years, we'll see.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.

As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

When I'm working on a movie, I will make any sacrifice to finish it.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.

I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw.