For some strange reason, not everybody seems to love Jennifer Lopez. In fact, I have a feeling that overall in the showbiz world, the (occasionally) famous men that she used to date all seem to feel the need at some point to do something that would help them take the edge off and release some of the pressure. What pressure? Well, that state or perpetual tension that seems to be associated with the Latino diva. You know what I'm talking about - that suppressed urge that comes from putting up with her whims and still stubbornly telling to yourself that you love her and you want her to have your babies.

Luckily for him, Ben Affleck stopped being mr. Lopez a long time ago. But the "Jennifer" itch seems to still bother him from time to time, otherwise he wouldn't have gone public saying that dating J. lo was a bad thing for him and almost wrecked his career. But I have to hand it to him - some good old-fashioned honesty from time to time does wonders.

"It was probably bad for my career" he says referring to his much-hyped romance with Lopez. "What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that". Yes, I'd even go as far as saying that his entire career went dunzo - but that would push realism to the point where it could actually be considered mean.

But now Affleck is back with a vengeance and he fancies himself a director this time, preparing for the release of his new movie called Gone Baby Gone, which he sees as crucial for his career and his life in the near future. "I feel like is the linchpin for my life" he says. "My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want [the film] to work. Badly. I mean, a shitty movie comes out on 2,800 screens? I've been there and it's embarrassing. It's pretty simple. If people don't go see it - I'm f**ked". Talk about honesty.

"That's why there's something really great about directing-about having authorship over something" he goes on to say. "If you don't like this movie, I'm the guy to see. I'm the guy to criticize. I take some measure of comfort in that. It's fair, at least. I've gone out and directed a movie and made it really f**king good. If the movie's good, people will like it and go see it. All the rest of it is bulls**t".

"I guess I just thought, I've seen it done enough" he concludes, referring to the reason for which he chose to direct. "I've been on the sets enough. I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. I guess I just thought the sum of these parts would come together and I'd be able to do it". There's not much to add at this point - except wish him good luck and look forward to seeing the movie. Take a look at the trailer below. It had better be good.