The “Gone Girl” star reaffirmed the importance of hard-earned cash after her son turned to $6,000 sneakers.
Academy-winning actor Ben Affleck immediately reminds his children of the value of the dollar despite his multi-million dollar success.
“Because you’re expensive,” he added.
On the red carpet, Affleck explains the need to humble their impulses and knows that they are not given money.
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“I’m like, ‘Man, you don’t need a thousand dollar shoes!” He’s like, ‘We have money.’ I said, “I have the money, you’re broken!”
Affleck shares 19-year-old Violet Anne and 16-year-old Seraphina Rose Samuel with her ex-wife and fellow actor Jennifer Garner.
The two were married from 2005 to 2018, and have continued to have three children on a steady pace with co-parents, and share the same hardworking mindset.
“It’s easy to throw your hands away and say there’s nothing you can do,” he said at the time.
“But the truth is, there are people who want to make their life better, they’re struggling, they need help and they can benefit from giving you a little money or a little time. What you do to be able to connect with people is really powerful.”
Aside from charity, Affleck has turned to remembering an actor struggling at the beginning of his career.
“We were going to help each other and be there for each other,” he said at the time. “You were like you weren’t going to be alone. I’m not going to be alone. Let’s go there and do this together.”
Affleck made his major debut in feature films in 1993 with “Dazed and Confused,” and later appeared in many blockbusters, including “Armageddon” (1998), “Pearl Harbor” (2001), and “The Town” (2010).
Most recently, Affleck recreates the role of Christian Wolf, an autism tax expert in “Accountant 2,” where he teams up with his estranged brothers. Apply his wonderful heart Tracking down a mysterious assassin.
