Actor Ben Affleck had a big surprise recently. The Pearl Harbor star had been to the Venice Film Festival and returned to Los Angeles only to find out that he had been named Best Actor for his performance in the film Hollywoodland. In the film, Affleck plays the late actor George Reeves, who was television's Superman. Affleck said, "If I thought for a second that there were going to be awards for anybody, I would have stayed!" The actor added, "I've been in movies that earned a lot of money that …I wish I wasn't in honestly. I was a little cavalier before, but having a child makes me think about things differently. I have to prove myself all over again, but I don't mind that. Once I realised where things were going, I just said, 'OK, let me make sure I'M in a place where I don't have to worry about being on Family Feud for dough in five years and then I'll just do what I can be proud of.' The only thing that matters to me is my daughter being able to be proud of her old man." |