Casey Affleck Regrets Chewing Gum at SAG Awards

Casey Affleck is reflecting on some career choices.

During an appearance on The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast, the 48-year-old star reflected on the making of 2007’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, in which he played the killer of the famed outlaw, played by Brad Pitt.

“I was chewing gum at some award show and people said, ‘Who does this little punk think he is? Like he’s on camera chewing gum at the SAG Awards.’ And that I wasn’t taking it seriously enough,” he recalled.

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“I realize now that I could have been more respectful because it does mean something,” he added.

“It means something to be acknowledged by your peers, who are a group of hardworking, very talented people. By and large, our community is really, really great people. That was our office Christmas party. Those are our industry celebrations, and I guess I could have been more deferential and respectful and not chewed gum or done the campaigning or something.”

At the time, had a new baby at home, and he says that contributed to his reluctance to “put on a suit and be on a TV show where you’re a contestant for something…so the stress outweighed the pleasure and it outweighed my desire to be there. I wanted to be home with my new baby.”

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