Ben Affleck slams ‘snarky,’ ‘depressing’ political climate: ‘I think it would be an awful job’

Ben Affleck says running for public office “has no appeal” to him because he finds the political world “very depressing.”

The “Gone Girl” star, who plays a Los Angeles mayoral candidate in his new movie “Animals,” shot down talk of making a real-life jump from Hollywood to the campaign trail in an interview with Variety published Wednesday.

“I just think that’s enormously — I don’t know, man, that seems terrible,” Affleck replied when asked if he would ever consider a political bid.

“There’s a reason why political stories are often chosen as parables for moral compromise,” the 54-year-old Academy Award winner said.

“You really get thrust up into the contrast between the ideal version of us and how we should be in our lives and the way it is. It’s a very depressing world, in my opinion,” Affleck said.

“Tawdry,” he added,........

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