- Jennifer Lopez says she was put off directing after marrying Ben Affleck and seeing "what it takes."
- "I'm like, 'Maybe, maybe no.'" Lopez told the Associated Press.
Jennifer Lopez says marrying Ben Affleck has put her off the idea of directing projects of her own in the future.
"I've toyed with the idea of directing, but now that I'm married to an Oscar-winning director and I see what it takes to really do it at that level, I'm like, 'Maybe, maybe no.'" Lopez told the Associated Press in an interview dated May 4.
Affleck has won several awards for the movies he directed. In 2013, the historical thriller "Argo," which he directed, won best picture at the Oscars. The film also got Affleck a Golden Globe for best director that same year.
Speaking to The Washington Post in 2012, Affleck said he first thought about directing in 2003 after the critical drubbing he received from "Gigli," a movie he starred in with Lopez.
He described the media attention — and the savage reviews — as something he thought was "gross" and "destructive" for his career and "soul."
"I thought, 'I've been wanting to direct for so long, if there's ever going to be a moment to take two years away from acting and shoot and release, this is the time.'" Affleck continued.
The actor went on to make his directorial debut with the crime thriller "Gone Baby Gone" in 2007, four years after "Gigli" came out in 2003.
Lopez and Affleck reconnected and got married in 2022, almost twenty years after breaking off their initial engagement in 2004.
Representatives for Lopez did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.