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"Ben Affleck wish no ill will towards his exes. In fact, he&amp;apos;s still friendly with all of them!\r\nIn the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter this week, the Argo director/actor revealed he still keeps in touch with exes Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow and his high school girlfriend, Cheyenne Rothman. (Affleck&amp;apos;s new film, Argo, opens in theaters Friday).\r\n\r\nKnown worldwide as &amp;quot;Bennifer&amp;quot; while they were dating from 2002-2004, Affleck, 40, still maintains a friendly relationship with J. Lo. &amp;quot;We don&amp;apos;t have the kind of relationship where she relies on me for advice, but we do have the kind of relationship where there&amp;apos;ll be an e-mail saying, &amp;apos;Oh, your movie looks great,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Affleck said of his former fiancee. &amp;quot;I remember when she got American Idol. I said: &amp;apos;This was really smart. Good luck.&amp;apos; I touch base,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I respect her. I like her. She&amp;apos;s put up with some stuff that was unfair in her life, and I&amp;apos;m really pleased to see her successful.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSoon after the infamous Lopez split Affleck began dating Jennifer Garner; He and the actress, 40, have been married for seven years and have three children: daughters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3, and son Samuel, 7 months. (Lopez rebounded from Affleck with Marc Anthony; The duo announced their split in July 2011.)\r\nAffleck dated Paltrow, 40, from 1997 to 2000, following her split from Brad Pitt after three years.\r\n\r\nWhy was Affleck attracted to Garner?\r\n&amp;quot;She truly is kind,&amp;quot; he gushes. &amp;quot;She means no one any harm. She doesn&amp;apos;t have ill will for any person. She&amp;apos;s not competitive with other people. She&amp;apos;s not spiteful. It&amp;apos;s one of those things where it becomes almost aggravating at times,&amp;quot; he joked. &amp;quot;Every time I go, &amp;apos;F--- him!&amp;apos; I see in her face that she just thinks that&amp;apos;s petty and small.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nBut at this point in his life, Affleck is in as good of a mood as his wife. On Wednesday, Us Weekly also caught up with actor at Warner Bros. Pictures &amp;amp; GK Films and Peggy Siegal Company&amp;apos;s dinner at Porter House in NYC after a special screening of Argo, which opens in theaters Friday.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m very lucky. I am at a place where I feel tremendously grateful,&amp;quot; the director told Us. &amp;quot;I have a great family. I&amp;apos;m very inspired by where my career is right now. I&amp;apos;m fortunate. I&amp;apos;ve seen a lot of different things that have happened to others, I&amp;apos;m happy with where I am.&amp;quot;\r\nBut Affleck has a long list of stars he&amp;apos;d love to work with in the future.\r\n&amp;quot;There are so many. Benicio Del Toro, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, to Marlon Brando, although that feels like a long shot,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;[Robert] De Niro is great. Bradley Cooper is a friend of mine, I&amp;apos;d love to work with him. Christian Bale. Leonardo DiCaprio is a great guy, I&amp;apos;d love to work with him. George Clooney is somebody I haven&amp;apos;t been in a movie with. He is just a fantastic actor, I&amp;apos;d love to work with him.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd the feeling is mutual.\r\nUs asked Clooney if he&amp;apos;d like to work with Affleck, and the 51-year-old replied, &amp;quot;I think he&amp;apos;s a great filmmaker. He hasn&amp;apos;t made a bad movie yet. Of course!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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