I’m at peace with paying my own price: Ben Affleck

Actor admits being successful at young age made life hard for him

Hollywood heartthrob Ben Affleck has stated that he made a lot of mistakes in the initial years of his success. According to the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star, becoming famous at a young age made things very tough for him.

“I’d always had a strong idea about my values and the direction I wanted to be headed in. But then I ran into getting famous and it totally spun me around and I flailed around for a few years. When you’re a young man in your 20s, part of that is making mistakes and learning from them,” The Indian Express quoted Affleck as saying.



“I just made those mistakes in front of everybody, rather than privately. There’s stuff I look back on and kind of cringe at but I always tried to treat other people well. My parents imbued that in me and the mistakes I made were mostly just of the embarrassing kind,” he added.

The 44-year-old star, who has Violet, 11, Seraphina, seven and Samuel, four, with his estranged wife Jennifer Garner, does not want his children to experience the same and hopes he can help them grow up outside of the spotlight. “I think becoming a father makes you see the world differently and that is good.



“I’m at peace with paying my own price. What I’m not at peace with is when it invades on my kids’ space and time. They didn’t make any bargains. I try to shelter them as best I can and that’s my only real gripe,” he said.

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