DERMOT O’LEARY: Ben Affleck, how are you? Nice to meet you, sir. Are you well?
BEN AFFLECK: Nice to see you. I am. I’m well. How come you are the only dry person.
Q. Actually, I’ve got — the gods are looking out — are smiling on us here. How are you feeling tonight? Excited?
A. Great, very excited. Have not been here — I’ve not ever been nominated, have not ever been invited. So, I’m really — it feels very special to me to come here tonight.
Q. After doing two pet projects, passion projects, in Gone Baby Gone and The Town, when you got a big thing like Argo land on your desk, how do you feel about that?
A. It was intimidating, I mean, you know, it’s like three continents and a lot of different actors and a lot of tones, so I just wondered, you know, am I going to be able to make this work. But I figured you either dive into it and do your best or give up.
Q. And if any of this can be set in south Boston, that would be really great; right?
A. Yes. I wanted to be as far away from Boston as I could, and I ended up in Iran, so ..
Q. You look good tonight. Are you at home in a suit or when you at home would you be wearing a Bruins top or something?
A. You know, I do like a suit, I like an excuse to wear a suit. And if you, like, sneak in the name of the brands, they keep giving you free ones.
Q. So I am sure there would not be anything you would like to do tonight?
A. Oh, no. Gucci — is that Gucci? Oh, no, that’s him?
Q. You’re thinking of someone else. Good luck tonight.
