Ben Affleck says his acting has improved with age and draws on ‘life experiences’

Ben Affleck has been one of Hollywood’s top favorites for the better part of the last few decades.

And a two – time Academy Award winner has come a long way in his craft since starting in 1997 in the film Good Will Hunting.

He believes he is getting older and with a different life experience has improved his acting abilities, which he showed last year in his sports drama The Way Back.

The 48-year-old told Sacha Baron Cohen for Variety: ‘I feel that my own acting, at least by my own standards, has improved as I have gotten older, and has gained more life experiences and more materials to access. ”

He also revealed that directing The Town (2010) and Argo (2012) made him a better actor: ‘This was a bit strange for me. I have changed as an actor, my approach, especially from before and after I started directing, because it was very educational.

‘I learned more about acting from directing than I did from acting classes. There is something valuable about being on the other side, and seeing what works and what doesn’t. And what can you do to edit, and just get used to the sound of your own silly voice. ‘

Affleck appears in the film as Jack Cunningham, a former high school basketball superstar who abandoned the game in mysterious circumstances.

Now struggling with alcohol while engaged in non-stop work, he has found freedom when it comes to coaching an alma mater basketball team.

He said of the character: ‘And with a career like that, I’m an alcoholic, so I partially understood alcohol, but I didn’t lose a child.

‘This guy had a very different life from mine, but the interesting thing about the story was that I was hoping that people would get a little catharsis by seeing him go through something very difficult. . I was worried that I needed to find ways to make this as reasonable as possible. ‘

The actress Gone Girl has long fought against slavery, having gone through several rehab programs since she was a teenager.

He opened last week about a slippage in his position on the set of the 2017 superhero film DC League.

Affleck told The Hollywood Reporter Awards podcast: ‘I started drinking too much around the time of the Justice League, and it’s hard to prove and deal with and deal with. I’ve been sober for a while now, and I feel really good – as healthy and as good as I’ve ever felt. ‘

He recently explained the importance of showing alcohol with a sense of conviction in the way back.

The Armageddon actor told the date: ‘I knew as an alcoholic getting back that people would make decisions about things like my life and the movie, so I didn’t I wanted the film to be deceptive.

‘There are millions and millions of people who deal with emergency behavior and add-ons, so you have a special responsibility. You have to do it realistically because these are important issues in the lives of many people. ‘