Welcome to Ben's View! Every now and then Ben posts a messages on the View Askew WWWBoards.  Here are chronologs of what he's said in the past.  Want to post a message of your own to Ben?  Leave it on our BenAffleck.com Message Boards.  There's no guarantee he'll respond or even see the post, but hey... it's worth a try.

Ben Affleck; February 12, 1999.
Nobody is 'just found at some party' but the most his familial connections got him was an audition. He got the role on merit-- and deserved it.

Ben Affleck; February 10, 1999.
Vincent, you got me all excited. I thought you were talking to me...

Ben Affleck; December 12, 1998.
No letters or get well cards, thank you, my eye is much better now...

Ben Affleck; December 9, 1998.
Perhaps amy's success made it easier to get the movie made, hard to say.

Ben Affleck; November 25, 1998.
Yo vive en Mexico para un ano cunado tuve 13 anos. eso es donde aprende el Espanol....La gente alla son los mejores en todo del mundo.


Ben Affleck; November 24, 1998.
"Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane, mattew mconona-hey hey hey allright allright allright-- all friends. a lot of good, decent people worked on that movie and we were all green and so every day was a thrill."


Ben Affleck; November 23, 1998.
"after a prolonged absence, I thought I'd anounce my return (and occasional presence) here to answer VA related questions only."


Ben Affleck; August 7, 1998.
"The only kind of 'support' that is really an impetus for change in our venture capitalist system is the almight pocket-book ballot."

Ben Affleck; August 4, 1998: Ben v. Mr. Showbiz
"Mr. Showbiz" I think it's called-- how silly and lame is that?) snuck into the Armageddon junket and asked me about Dogma at a print round-table interview


Ben Affleck; July 31, 1998.
"Dogma has been my favorite overall screenplay (that I've ever read) for quite a few years."


Ben Affleck; July 28/29, 1998.
"I would always work with kevin, sight unseen, no questions asked. just that simple."

Ben Affleck; July 27, 1998.
"He seems to now be afraid of be gang-raped *nt*  ..."
"By you.. *nt* "


Ben Affleck; July 25, 1998.
"...also some of you, while quite nice and normal on the inside, are a little scary looking on the outside and I'm afraid if I let you in my house I'll be gang raped like in Clockwork Orange.."


Ben Affleck; July 3, 1998.
"I plan to keep the yapper closed. I'll see you, but you won't see me."

Ben Affleck; July 1, 1998.
"You are scaring me. B"


Ben Affleck; June 30, 1998.
"I could drink you under the table on a slow night on an empty stomach, but..."



Ben Affleck; June 19, 1998.
".....There is no copyright fee, I encourage you to use my name and (apparent) likeness to whatever benefit you may derive from such usage, but if you do get laid, do it well. I can't have folks out there mucking up the reputation."

Ben Affleck; May 21, 1998.
"I write you all from london, where I'm almost finished shooting  "Shakespeare in Love." only two days left to go and I'm on a plane back to  New York."

Ben Affleck; March 26, 1998.
Q: ".....Where is you little golden naked guy?  Can I have your phone number???....."  
A: ".....being engraved in LA... No you can't have my number, you big, crazy, homo....."

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon; March 17, 1998.
Q: "How 'bout that GQ cover, Ben? I thought MATT was supposed to be the new gay poster boy. Picture kind of makes you realize that men have nipples, too. Brrrrr!!!"
A: "(Ben) you sassy dog... Stop looking at my npples."