Casey Affleck says his second Oscar nomination is 'deeper and nicer'

“It’s really thebestway to wake up,” he says.

“I can’t think of a better way.”

I wasn’t able to take that in and appreciate what was good about that moment.

This just feels a bit calmer and better and deeper and nicer."

It’s just really great to get to share all of this with him," says Affleck.

Sometimes you learn bad habits.

Sometimes you grow cynical and detached.

I now feel a bit steadier on my feet," he says.

“There are a lot of things that Kenny did that I admire.

“I’ve been bizarrely lucky to work with some people who are great directors.

I steal the things they do, parts of their process, and how they work with actors.

[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Forddirector] Andrew Dominick is great.