Casey Affleck Shares How He Felt About Son Indiana Leaving for College: ‘For 18 Years He Has Been Under My Roof’

08.11.2022 - 03:17 / usmagazine.com

On the road! Casey Affleck recently drove from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon — giving the actor time to reflect on eldest son Indiana leaving for college.

“Next week, my son is going to college. He was raised in Los Angeles. He’s moving to New York City. Despite all the traveling I’ve done between the coasts, NYC has never felt as far away as it does now,” Affleck, 47, told Haute Living in an interview published on Friday, November 4. “Although this feels unrelated to what I’m doing, it’s not. My son leaving is the only thing on my mind as I embark on this trip.”

The Manchester By the Sea star, who partnered with the outlet in August for the road trip, used the solo time to reflect on his relationship with his family and the memories made while taking their own cross-country adventures over the years.

“My kids and I take a long camping road trip every summer,” Affleck, who shares sons Indiana, 18, and Atticus, 14, with ex-wife Summer Phoenix, recalled. “We drive and cook and yell at each other. Most often we go coast to coast. Sometimes we explore other countries. Many of our best memories are from those trips.”

The Massachusetts native revealed that when his kids were younger, he and Phoenix, 43, drove them “across seven European countries in three weeks,” noting that they often “slept in a van on the side of a road,” teaching their little ones how to embrace the outdoors.

“So many things went sideways. We were often too cold or too hot,” he explained. “There was boredom, sickness, and annoyance, but they dealt with it. They dealt with it because somewhere deep down inside, they knew that, all told, something good was happening.”

Affleck, who tied the knot with the Growing Pains alum in June 2006, revealed to Haute Living