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It kinda felt like just us and getting to do the thing that we wanted to do.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Their kids took pictures during the wedding, and then I set up Ben's phone there in the chapel, and they videoed the ceremony, there was no professional photographer.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
More importantly, we always put the kids front and center in everything we do, here's what I will tell you about Jennifer Lopez.Days and I was telling some of my colleagues here the other day : She's the most talented human being I've ever been around, [ the ] hardest worker. And I think she is the greatest performer, live performer, in the world today that's alive.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
And, you know, one of the things I really value across all facets of my life now is that it was handled in a way that reflected that, my life now reflects not just the person that I want to be, but the person that I really feel like I am -- which is not perfect, but somebody who tries very hard and cares very much about being honest and authentic and accountable. It's hard to say who benefits more, without going into gossipy detail.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don't think she always got the respect that she deserved, in part, because she was a powerful woman, and also because she was a Latina and she was really groundbreaking and nobody wanted to acknowledge that. They just wanted to kind of hate, so it's nice to see her having that success.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
But for being a movie that's such a famous bomb and a disaster, very few people actually saw the movie.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Years ago, I used to play fast and a little loose more on Twitter. These days, I'm a little bit more reserved, i said,' Well the difference is easy to spot. Ryan Gosling has blond hair and Ryan Reynolds is a [ expletive ].
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I would never want my kids to think I would ever say a bad word about their mom.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Howard Stern radio show's part of why I started drinking, because I was trapped.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
They had, literally, taken the conversation I had for two hours and made it seem as if I was saying the exact opposite of what I said, i had gone on and said, like, how much we respect each other and cared about each other and cared about our kids and put them first and went through our stuff. And they said I had blamed my ex wife for my alcoholism and that I was' trapped' and just made me out to be the worst, most insensitive, stupid awful guy.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I was like' I can't leave'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do ?' what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We did it amicably we did our best. Did we have moments of tension? Did we have disagreements over custody? Was stuff difficult for us? Did we get angry? Yes, but fundamentally, it was always underpinned with a respect. I knew she was a good mom. I always hoped she knew I was a good dad. I knew I was.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Everything you read [in the news about the divorce] was bulls---. The truth was we took our time, we made our decision … We grew apart, we had a marriage that didn’t work. This happens. She’s somebody I love and respect, but to whom I shouldn’t be married any longer.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We probably would’ve ended up at each other’s throats. I probably still would’ve been drinking, part of why I started drinking was because I was trapped.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Ultimately my responsibility as an actor is an honest performance and having had that particular experience and knowing about alcoholism made me feel more confident sort of going,' Okay, this is sort of how this would feel and that would feel,' but the character suffers a terrible personal loss that I couldn't imagine. And that was scary because I didn't want to even think about it.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I went to the movie and I was like,' That is not my voice. That is not me,'.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I had one line. It was' Take it,' I think, i'm holding a basketball. Another basketball player turns into, like, a werewolf or whatever and I get scared.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I dont know, trust? And care, and mutual respect, and all the sort of usual stuff.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The biggest regret of my life is this divorce, revealed Ben Affleck. Ben Affleck explainedthat while Ben Affleck still feels guilt over the split, hes moved beyond the shame. Shame is really toxic. There is no positive byproduct of shame.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Istarted to drink every day. Id come home from work and drink until I passed out on the couch.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It was really sweet, Ben Affleck hear about,' It was like no time had passed...' those stories when people reconnect, and it literally was, kevin Smith just picked up where Kevin Smith left off. It was really wonderful and it was therapeutic, man.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I’m lucky to have the love of my family and friends, including my co-parent, Jen, who has supported me and cared for our kids as I’ve done the work I set out to do, this was the first of many steps being taken towards a positive recovery.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Most people can’t point to the moment that changed their life in such a dramatic way, but I can. It was the moment that Robin decided to take a flyer on that movie. I’ll always feel a huge debt to him although now I’ll never get to repay it.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Good Will Hunting, i think becoming a father makes you see the world differently and it’s good.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think becoming a father makes you see the world differently and it’s good.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's terrifying and inspiring and really exciting because it's one of most iconic, fascinating characters ever created in American drama.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The way that we get afraid, how we react, sometimes that turns us into the worst version of ourselves ... there's no place to go from there but to conflict.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The whole idea of wealth and power and how power engenders fear ... made it feel real and smart to me.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's important to remember that this isn't a news program.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
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