TRANSCRIPT:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
BEN AFFLECK: My name is Ben Affleck.
WHAT IS YOUR ONE DROP ROLE?
B.A.: I’ve known Fanshen since I was too young to admit, and I’ve been a supporter and a fosterer of her storytelling for a while – particularly around One Drop.
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE ONE DROP CHARACTER?
B.A.: The father – because I find it really interesting the complicated relationships we have with our fathers – and fathers with daughters. I have two daughters and it’s been new ground for me. I find that really fascinating because it’s a fraught story and it’s not easy.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM ONE DROP OF LOVE?
B.A.: The urgency and the need to have difficult conversations – and that most of us, even those of us who consider ourselves to be, like, “Hey, I’m a good person. I think of everyone as the same. I’m liberal and enlightened and so on – we all need to force ourselves into uncomfortable places to have uncomfortable conversations.”
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CAREER MOMENT?
B.A.: When I got a part in an independent movie called “Dark Side of the Street” [Dark End of the Street] when I was 7 years old.
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
B.A.: The project that I’m currently working on, you see behind you, is a movie called “Live by Night,” and it’s starring me and Zoe Saldana and Sienna Miller and all kinds of awesome actors.
WHO INSPIRES YOU?
B.A.: Fanshen inspires me.
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