If you meet Ben Affleck in person, the word ''shy'' doesn't exactly spring to mind, but it's understandable if fans feel like he's been awfully quiet of late. Following a string of high profile flops — Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck, Jersey Girl, Surviving Christmas — Affleck shut down both his public and professional lives, taking a hiatus of nearly two years' duration. Which makes Affleck's return to the big screen — as the 1950s TV star George Reeves in last fall's Hollywoodland — all the sweeter. The role won the 34-year-old a Best Actor nod at the 2006 Venice Film Festival, a Golden Globe nomination (his first as a performer) and even some dark-horse Oscar buzz. The Oscar-winning Boston native sat down with EW.com for a candid review of his 20-year-plus career.
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From his maiden ''Voyage'' to his new role in ''Smokin' Aces,'' the versatile actor reveals the movies he savors -- and the ones he'd rather forget
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