BEN AFFLECK - AFFLECK: 'I WAS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR FAME'

AFFLECK: 'I WAS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR FAME'

Actor BEN AFFLECK turned into somebody he "didn't like very much" within six months of finding fame after starring in GOOD WILL HUNTING. Affleck admits he was completely unprepared for the level of success he encountered after winning a Best Screenplay Oscar with his friend Matt Damon for the 1997 movie. He tells American magazine Parade, "Fame makes you crazy. It was like being in a car accident - spinning around, out of control. Things moved very, very fast. "I never even saw it coming. I was overwhelmed. It was a sudden transformative shift in my life. I went from being unknown to being part of this giant publicity machine. "In about six months, I lost myself and turned into someone who, in retrospect, I didn't like very much."