Ben Affleck is on prime of the world these days — making motion pictures together with his finest bud, and having his spouse star in movies he is producing … which he says is the head of success and happiness.

The actor-director sat down with CBS Sunday Morning for a chat about his new film, “Air” which follows the story of Nike signing Michael Jordan to his legendary shoe deal … and which simply debuted at SXSW this weekend to rave evaluations and thunderous applause.

The movie stars Ben and Matt Damon, and the reunion has really had a shining impact on BA — as you possibly can inform on this interview. He talks about how chasing cash in showbiz (or any biz, actually) is not the important thing to achievement, as he says he is discovered.

As an alternative, he says he is realized that proper now … he is at his most joyous. That is as a result of he liked coming to work for this “Air” flick — hanging out together with his childhood BFF and collaborating, seeing his youngsters extra typically and doing tasks he is really keen about.

That brings the convo to Ben and Matt’s new productions firm — Artists Fairness — which ensures the ancillary crew members an even bigger reduce of the pie … in contrast to conventional studios.

“Air” is AE’s first film (which is being distributed by Amazon) they usually have already got one other sports activities biopic within the works … which is able to star Jennifer Lopez. Ben addresses the obvious nepotism right here within the interview … and insists he acquired the perfect actors for the job, her included.

There’s extra within the full interview … like what MJ himself wished by way of calls for. A kind of asks, as Ben shares, was that Viola Davis play his mother — and he or she does.