'And paying for the sins of their parents'

“When I grew up, there really was the sense of ’Why would you want to live anywhere else?’ {than the Boston area} .There’s a proudly parochial aspect to Boston. That strong tug of place was one of the themes I wanted to work with, the way environment influences what somebody becomes, that and children paying for the sins of their parents.”

— Ben Affleck (born 1972), American movie actor, director and producer. Born in Berkeley, Calif., he grew up in Cambridge, Mass.