It’s been a huge couple of years for Ben Affleck, who stepped into two completely new roles — moving behind the camera to try his hand at directing and fatherhood.

“Having a child had a big impact on me and changed how I see everything, including work,” Ben explained at a recent Hollywood screening for his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone. The Oscar-winner added that he now has a “more emotional way of looking at things.”

Even hearing Ben talk about his directing gig sounds eerily like a first-time father. “It really is different when you’re responsible for it all,” he explains. “It’s stressful and terrifying at times, but it’s incredibly gratifying. I want to continue acting but this was satisfying in a much deeper way.”

His brother, Casey, knew all along that Ben was fit for the role of director. “Ben did a great job,” he says. “We were pretty comfortable together. I know him well enough to know he’s intelligent, talented, has great taste in movies and real natural leadership qualities. Other people might have been surprised, but I knew he would do great.”

In the film Casey plays a Boston private investigator that searches for a missing girl. When Ben turned down the role in his own movie, he didn’t just jump at the chance to give his brother some work.

“This movie was way too important to me,” Ben says. “I wasn’t like, ‘Let me do it with my bro.’ I went out and found the best guy for the role.”

Source: OK!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Aniston got married on September 21 in L.A.’s San Pedro neighborhood. And the matchmaking credit goes to…the upcoming romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You, in which they play a longtime couple grappling with commitment issues.

“Jennifer is perfect for the role because there’s no coldness to her,” producer Nancy Juvonen tells Us. “She’s so real.”

And how is the chemistry with the new Bennifer? “They are fabulous and touching,” Juvonen says: “I can’t believe no one’s put them together before.”

For the actors, the sure-to-be-a crowd-pleaser (which also stars Drew Barrymore and her current squeeze, Justin Long, and is based on the 2004 bestseller) is the latest stop on their comeback tours: Aniston last appeared onscreen in the 2006 hit The Break-Up, and Affleck is receiving early Oscar buzz for his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (out October 19). Says a source, “They are having a great time working together.”

Click here to see our slideshow featuring shots from the set of He’s Just Not That Into You!

Source: US Magazine