Ben Affleck Not Afraid Of Failure

Ben Affleck knows that his success will not last forever.

Affleck struggled to find good acting roles - with movies such as Jersey Girl and Gigli being universally panned - until he turned to directing.

The actor won critical acclaim for his directorial debut for Gone Baby Gone back in 2007 - backing this up last year with The Town.

And while Affleck is currently in Hollywood's good books he knows that he will not have a perfect career.

Speaking to The Mail On Sunday the actor said: "Failure is just a function of risk. I look at my great heroes as actors and directors and none of them have perfect records. I imagine I will have an even more imperfect record.

"I think you have to still be brave enough to take risks. Today I am enjoying the success. Being number one at the box office is pretty cool.

"But I’ve been round the block enough times to know it won’t last forever."

Affleck will be back in front of the camera next month with new movie The Company Men, which sees him star alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper.

He will also star in a currently unarmed Terrence Malick project - which also stars Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz.