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Affleck, 47, has three children with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner: daughters Violet, 14, and Seraphina, 11, and Samuel. In a recent interview with ABC News, the actor, whose film \"The Way Back\" hits theaters Friday, said that he was disappointed that he and Garner divorced, especially because he \"really didn't wanna be a split family with my children.\" He and Garner, also 47, married in 2005 and announced their separation 10 years later. She officially filed for divorce in 2017.

\"I never thought I was gonna get divorced -- I didn't wanna be a divorced person,\" he said. \"It upset me because it meant I wasn't who I thought I was. And that was so painful and so disappointing.\"

Today, he said, \"I'm doing my very, very best.\"

\"It has to be good enough,\" he continued. \"I have to be the man I wanna be at this point. I don't have any more room for failure of that kind.\"

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