Batfleck Speaks

Ben Affleck recently sat down for an interview with the New York Times. Here's what he had to say:

On his split from wife Jennifer Garner:

“It never seems like a great time to have your privacy invaded. Obviously this is a particularly hard time.”

On her Vanity Fair article:

“She felt like she wanted to discuss it and get it out there and get it over with, so she could say, ‘Look, I already talked about it — I don’t want to do it again.’ It’s fine. She’s allowed to talk about it.”

On Batman:

“He’s living in this gray zone. He’s more broken, not slick. He’s filling the hole in his soul with these increasingly morally questionable nighttime excursions — fighting crime as well as by being this playboy. You wonder, is this healthy?”

On four-year-old son's Samuel's reaction to the part:

“He knows that I am Batman. It’s a mixed blessing. He also thinks that for some reason — I don’t know if it’s the color combination or whatever — that the FedEx guy is the Joker. Whenever there’s a FedEx delivery, he’s like, ‘Dad, the Joker’s outside.’ The burden’s on me to go out there and give the guy an extra 20 bucks to pantomime a whole Adam West kung fu battle.”

On what he does between projects:

“I get antsy. I’m my own worst enemy in that way. You’ve got to realize, this line of work, it’s rooted in a feeling of needing to audition all the time. It’s all freelance. There’s no tenure. You’re dancing for your next meal. And that feeling stays with you.”